DESCRIPTION:
* Odisha shuttler Rutaparna Panda has included in the 13-member Indian team, which will be led by HS Prannoy.
* Saina Nehwal, PV Sindhu and Kidambi Srikanth have been rested ahead of the upcoming India Open.
* A total of 11 teams have been divided into four groups in this six-day biennial competition.
* Team India has been placed in Group B, comprising Chinese Taipei and Singapore.
* The top two teams from each group will advance to the quarter-finals.
* India reached the quarter-finals in the last edition where they lost narrowly to Thailand.
TEAM INDIA:
Men: HS Prannoy, Sourabh Verma, MR Arjun, Shlok Ramchandran, Arun George, Sanyam Shukla.
Women: Ashmita Chaliha, Vaishnavi Bhale, Shikha Gautam, Ashwini K Bhat, Rutaparna Panda, Arathi Sara Sunil, UK Mithula.