New Delhi, May 14: Top India shuttlers Parupalli Kashyap and Saina Nehwal have been named captains of the men’s and women’s national teams respectively for the Thomas and Uber Cup Finals starting here on Sunday.
In Thomas Cup, India have been clubbed with Malaysia, South Korea and Germany, while in Uber Cup India will face Thailand, Canada and Hong Kong during the event, to be held at the Siri Fort Sports Complex here from May 18 to 25.
“I would like to announce that Kashyap will captain the Thomas Cup team and Saina will be captaining the Uber Cup side,” Badminton Association of India (BAI) president Akhilesh Das Gupta said during the launch of the prestigious event here today.
This is the first time India is hosting the event.
While India stand a great chance of making the quarterfinals in the upcoming Uber Cup, men will have to play out of their skins if they wanted to make a cut in Thomas Cup.
Captain Kashyap, however, said if the hosts managed to do well against one of the two teams between Malaysia and South Korea, it would have a good chance.
“We would have preferred to play Germany initially and then Malaysia and Korea. But nevertheless, we will have to play Malaysia and Korea first. Those two ties are really important. If we can get good result in one of those ties then we have a chance to go through,” said Kashyap. (PTI)
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