Badminton in India - Wikipedia Badminton in India Badminton in India Badminton was invented in India in the mid 1800s Country India Governing body Badminton Association of India National team India International competitions List All England Open : Prakash Padukone, Pullela Gopichand Commonwealth Games : Saina Nehwal Badminton is a popular sport in India. It is the second most played sport in India after Cricket. Badminton in India is managed by Badminton Association of India. Indian women 's singles player Saina Nehwal was ranked first in the world in 2015. Prakash Padukone and Pullela Gopichand, both won the All England Open in 1980 and 2001 respectively. Saina is also the first Indian badminton player to have won an Olympic medal when she won the bronze medal at the 2012 Olympics. At the 2016 Summer Olympics, P.V. Sindhu became the first Indian woman to win a silver medal. Top Ranking Player Name Discipline Best PV Sindhu Women Singles K Srikanth Men 's Singles 10 Saina Nehwal Women 's Singles 10 Prannoy H.S. Men 's Singles 10 Contents 1 Current ranking 1.1 Men 's singles 1.2 Women 's singles 2 Summer Olympics 3 Former notable players 4 References Current ranking Men 's singles BWF Indian Top 10 Men 's Singles Ranking Rank Change Name Rating Srikanth Kidambi 73,403 10 Prannoy H.S. 53,285 17 Sai Praneeth B. 48,110 20 Sameer Verma 43,342 31 8 Ajay Jayaram 37,445 47 Parupalli Kashyap 28,350 48 10 Sourabh Verma 27,890 Reference : BWF men 's singles ranking, 25 November 2017, Top 50 Women 's singles BWF Indian Top 10 Women 's Singles Ranking Rank Change Name Rating P.V. Sindhu 77,536 10 Saina Nehwal 56,160 51 Rituparna Das 26,479 59 Sri Krishna Priya Kudaravalli 23,340 91 5 Saili Rane 16,620 93 5 Sai Uttejhita Rao Chukka 16,270 100 Tanvi Lad 14,955 Reference : BWF women 's singles ranking, 25 November 2017, Top 100 Summer Olympics Year Event Player Result 2016 Men 's singles Srikanth Kidambi Quarter - finals Women 's singles P.V. Sindhu Saina Nehwal Group Stage Men 's doubles Manu Attri / B. Sumeeth Reddy Group Stage Women 's doubles Jwala Gutta / Ashwini Ponnappa Group Stage 2012 Men 's singles Parupalli Kashyap Quarter - finals Women 's singles Saina Nehwal Women 's doubles Jwala Gutta / Ashwini Ponnappa Group Stage Mixed doubles Valiyaveetil Diju / Jwala Gutta Group Stage 2008 Men 's singles Anup Sridhar Second Round Women 's singles Saina Nehwal Quarter - finals Men 's singles Nikhil Kanetkar Round of 16 Abhinn Shyam Gupta Round of 32 Women 's singles Aparna Popat Round of 16 2000 Men 's singles Pullela Gopichand Third Round Women 's singles Aparna Popat First Round Men 's singles Deepankar Bhattacharya Second Round Women 's singles P.V.V. Lakshmi Second Round Former notable players Prakash Padukone Syed Modi Pullela Gopichand Chetan Anand Aparna Popat U. Vimal Kumar References Jump up ^ `` Badminton second most played sport in India ''. sportskeeda. 2012 - 04 - 12. Jump up ^ `` BWF - BWF World Ranking - Overview ''. Bwf.tournamentsoftware.com. Retrieved 2010 - 08 - 01. Jump up ^ dillesport.dk Archived 2007 - 06 - 26 at the Wayback Machine. Badminton in India Badminton Association of India Academy Gopichand Badminton Academy Iswarati Center for Badminton Learning ( ICBL ) Venues Gachibowli Indoor Stadium Siri Fort Sports Complex Team India national badminton team Notable players Men 's Prakash Padukone Pullela Gopichand Dinesh Khanna Parupalli Kashyap Srikanth Kidambi Women 's Aparna Popat Saina Nehwal Jwala Gutta P.V. Sindhu Tournaments National Indian National Badminton Championships International India Open Syed Modi International Badminton Championships League Indian Badminton League List List of Indian National Badminton champions See also Ball badminton Former players Sport in India Summer sports Olympic sports Archery Athletics Badminton Baseball Basketball Boxing Cycling Diving Equestrian Fencing Field hockey Football Golf Gymnastics Handball Judo Karate Kayaking Rowing Sailing Shooting Skateboarding Softball Sport climbing Surfing Swimming Synchronized swimming Table tennis Taekwondo Tennis Volleyball Water polo Weightlifting Wrestling Others Billiards Bodybuilding Bowling Chess Cricket Floorball Kabaddi Korfball Motorsport Mountaineering Netball Polo Rollball Roller sport Rugby union Sepak takraw Squash Throwball Wushu Winter sports Ice hockey Ice skating Skiing Bandy In international competitions Multi-sport event Olympics Paralympics Asian Games Commonwealth Games Lusophony Games World Games World championships Cricket World Cup Football World Cup By year 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 By states and union territories Andaman and Nicobar Andhra Pradesh Arunachal Pradesh Assam Bihar Chandigarh Chhattisgarh Dadra and Nagar Haveli Daman and Diu Delhi Goa Gujarat Haryana Himachal Pradesh Jammu and Kashmir Jharkhand Karnataka Kerala Lakshadweep Madhya Pradesh Maharashtra Manipur Meghalaya Mizoram Nagaland Odisha Puducherry Punjab Rajasthan Sikkim Tamil Nadu Telangana Tripura Uttarakhand Uttar Pradesh West Bengal This article about sports in India is a stub. 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Question: who won indias first olympic medal in badminton
Answer: Indian women's singles player Saina Nehwal