Indian badminton

Indian badminton star Ayush Shetty produced a stunning upset on home soil, knocking defending champion and world No. 1 Shi Yuqi out in the opening round of the World Badminton Championships in New Delhi. The 21-year-old Indian defeated the Chinese star 14-21, 21-13, 21-19 in a thrilling contest lasting one hour and 13 minutes. Shetty Delights Home Crowd Playing in his first World Championships, Shetty embraced the huge support from the crowd at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium. The 22nd-ranked Indian made a

Between the buzz over IPL’s teen sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi and a young Indian shuttler’s giant-killing spree at the Badminton Asian Championships, one of them has barely made a dent in cricket-crazy India. Sooryavanshi, the 15-year-old opening batsman from a nondescript town called Tajpur in Bihar, has made a mockery of the bowling reputations of Jasprit Bumrah, Trent Boult and Josh Hazlewood — three legends of modern fast bowlers — at this year’s ongoing Indian Premier League. But the story of upcoming Indian badminton