SANCTIONED BY: Badminton World Federation (BWF)

DESCRIPTION:
*     This is the 27th edition of the World Badminton Championships which was first held in Malmo, Sweden in 1977.
*     Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium is the venue of the championship.
*     India has sent a 26-member squad, which includes seven singles players and 10 doubles pairs.
*     India has bagged 12 medals at the World Badminton Championships, but the only gold came in 2019 through PV Sindhu.
*     Sindhu, however, has pulled out of the ensuing edition due to an injury to her left foot.

INDIAN SQUAD:
Mens Singles: Kidambi Srikanth, HS Prannoy, Lakshya Sen, B Sai Praneeth
Womens Singles: Saina Nehwal, Malvika Bansod
Mens Doubles: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy/Chirag Shetty, Manu Attri/B Sumeeth Reddy, Krishna Prasad Garaga/ Vishnuvardhan Goud Panjala, MR Arjun/Dhruv Kapila
Womens Doubles: Treesa Jolly/Gayatri Gopichand, Ashwini Ponnappa/ N Sikki Reddy, Pooja Dandu/ Sanjana Santosh, Ashwini Bhat K/ Shikha Gautam
Mixed Doubles: Ishaan Bhatnagar/Tanisha Crasto, Venkat Gaurav Prasad/ Juhi Dewangan