Faced with a Herculean task to prevail over a formidable Indonesia and stay afloat in the competition, a sub-source India will need its simple stars to deliver the goods in a must-have competition in the BWF Sudirmian Cup final on Tuesday. India’s campaign began on a disastrous departure on Sunday with a 1-4 defeat against Denmark, a result that put their qualification for the stadium with direct elimination in serious danger. With only two teams that are progressing in group D, India must ensure a victory against Indonesia to keep its hopes alive differently, their third and last group match against England will be reduced to a simple formality.
The bad form of their simple star players – Lakshya Sen, HS Prannoy and PV Sindhu did not help the team.
However, there is a certain hope for India. Lakshya beat the best male player in Indonesia, Jonatan Christie, during their last two games – at the Paris Olympic Games and the All England championships.
In female singles, with the best Indonesian player Gregoria Mariska Tunjung withdrawing, Sindhu will face the world number 11 Putri Kusuma Wardani, a player she beat twice before.
Despite this, Indonesia has a solid contingent of double players, notably Fajar Alfian, Muhammad Rian Ardianto, Leo Rolly Carnando, Muhammad Shohibul Fikri and Daniel Marthin – all classified among the 10 best.
With the best male downside from India from Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty absent, the inexperienced couple of Hariharan Amsakarunan and Kumar Rethinasabapathi ribbon will face a battle on the rise in what will probably be a difficult competition.
In the feminine double, Febriana Dwipuji Kusuma and Amallia Cahaya Pratiwi are classified world n ° 8, and without Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand, Tanisha Crasto and Shruti Mishra will hope for their opening match.
In the mixed doubles, Dhruv Kapila and Tanisha of India will be confronted with the challenge of overcoming Rinov Rivale n ° 21, and Pitha Haningtyas Mentari, of Indonesia.
In February, India had undergone a setback in the mixed badminton Asia team championship, where they were eliminated in the quarter -final in Qingdao, despite a strong team and they would like to avoid an outing of the league here.
The best performance of India at the SouthIrman Cup was two quarter -final: in 2011 and 2017.
While India has made significant progress in recent years – highlighted by their historic victory of the Thomas Cup in 2022 and the title of the women’s team championships in Asia in 2024 – The absence of pairs of double keys attenuated their prospects in the current Southirman Cup.
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