India's star duo Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy reached to the quarterfinal of the men's doubles of badminton in the ongoing Asian Games on Wednesday
Indian shuttlers Sai Pratheek Krishna-Tanisha Crasto and Satwik Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty progressed to the next rounds at the Asian Games in the mixed and men's doubles badminton respectively on Monday while Srikanth Kidambi also won his singles match
Indian badminton team's coach Pullela Gopichand said they missed their star shuttler HS Prannoy, saying that his playing the first match of the gold medal clash would have actually helped them.
Lakshya Sen and the men's doubles pair Satwik Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty got India off to a flier but India failed to capitalise on it as they let the hosts China script a comeback and take the tie 3-2.
A total of Rs 5.89 Lakh have been sanctioned for the preparatory camp, set between September 1 and September 12. Neeraj, on Thursday finished second at the Diamond League event in Zurich after recording the best throw of 85.71m.
The Indian men's doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty crashed out in the quarterfinals of the ongoing Badminton World Federation (BWF) World Championships at the Kuala Lumpur on Friday.