By: Express News ServiceDecember 11, 2025 10:24 PM IST 3 min readLed by decorated shuttler PV Sindhu, and boasting doubles heft in Gayatri Gopichand, Treesa Jolly and Tanisha Crasto, the team will head to Qingdao, China for the February 3-8, 2026, tournament. (Reuters)Tanvi Sharma and Unnati Hooda, will hope to match 2024 gold medal winning breakout star Anmol Kharb and help India retain the Asian women’s team championship that they won two years ago.Led by decorated shuttler PV Sindhu, and boasting doubles heft in Gayatri Gopichand, Treesa Jolly and Tanisha Crasto, the team will head to Qingdao, China for the February 3-8, 2026, tournament.Also making the squad are Malvika Bansod returning from injury after her good run at China Open last year and talented junior Rakshitha Ramraj. Priya Konjengbam and Shruti Mishra complete the squad of the defending champions.The men’s team, will look to channel their Thomas Cup spirit and do better than two bronze finishes. Headlined by Lakshya Sen and the twice World’s medallist Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty pairing, the team will see former world no. 1 Kidambi Srikanth, the experienced HS Prannoy guide rising star and US Open champion Ayush Shetty, and Tharun Mannepalli in singles.In doubles, Guwahati Masters runners-up Sai Pratheek K and Pruthvi Krishnamurthy Roy, as well as Hariharan Amsakarunan will put in the second doubles shift.While most squads field development sides and might not risk big names ahead of the All England, China would be smarting from the loss India handed out to them last time, offering a great opportunity to Unnati, Tanvi and Malvika to step up and Nick some wins. Former World champion PV Sindhu showed she carried enough menace when she toppled Wang Zhi Yi at the World Championships.Also Read | Women’s Asia Cup: In the end, the best team won – unfortunately for Indian hockey, it wasn’t coach Harendra Singh’s sideSrikanth might also want to seek redemption for the loss to Kento Momota last time, though the shuttler most likely to be studied might be Ayush Shetty and one with most pressure will be Lakshya Sen, currently No 13, leading the pack as India No 1.Story continues below this ad“Over the last few years, Indian teams have consistently been medal contenders at the Asian and World level and this squad has the right mix of form and experience and is capable of challenging for the crown in both categories. I take this opportunity to wish them all the best for the championships,” said Badminton Association of India General Secretary, Mr Sanjay Mishra.Men: Lakshya Sen, Ayush Shetty, Kidambi Srikanth, Prannoy HS, Tharun Mannepalli, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, Chirag Shetty, Pruthvi Krishnamurthy Roy, Sai Pratheek K, Hariharan AmsakarunanWomen: PV Sindhu, Unnati Hooda, Tanvi Sharma, Rakshitha Sree Santhosh Ramraj, Malvika Bansod, Treesa Jolly, Gayatri Gopichand, Priya Konjengbam, Shruti Mishra, Tanisha Crasto. © The Indian Express Pvt Ltd