INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Kidambi Srikanth bagged the mixed team gold in the ongoing Gold Coast Games
1 in the Badminton World Federation (BWF) rankings, replacing Denmark's Viktor Axelsen
Srikanth moved to the top of rankings with 76,895 points in men's singles category to displace current world champion Axelsen, who lost at
least 1,660 points because he could not defend his Malaysian Open title
The Malaysian Open was held from April 4-9 last year but has now been moved to June 26 to July 1 on account of the ongoing Commonwealth
The 25-year-old Srikanth bagged the mixed team gold in the ongoing Gold Coast Games and continues to feature in the men's singles format in
Srikanth becomes only the second Indian after Saina Nehwal, who achieved the feat in 2015, to top the rankings and the first Indian male to
do so.It is also a major achievement for coach Pullela Gopichand, who has overseen the rise of both Nehwal and Srikanth at his academy in
lot of talk about our women doing well, but now we will have a men's No.1
This will help Srikanth become more relaxed
Whatever happens from here, he will always know that he was ranked as the best in the world - that he has accomplished that goal
Super Series titles - Indonesia, Australia, Denmark, and France -- last year, becoming only the fourth in the world to achieve the feat.
