KGF HEROS
Pusarla Venkata Sindhu
Premier Badminton League I DOB: 5 July 1995 | Hometown: Hyderabad, India
Pusarla Venkata Sindhu made the Forbes’ list of Highest-Paid Female Athletes in 2018, 2019, 2021 and 2022. In the 2016 Premier Badminton League, she was the captain of the Chennai Smashers team. In the group stage of the league, she won all of her five matches to help her team qualify for the semi-final and win the tournament against Mumbai Rockets. She is a recipient of the sports honours Arjuna Award and Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, as well as India’s fourth-highest civilian award, the Padma Shri.
Sankar Muthusamy
World Junior Badminton I DOB: 13 January 2004 | Hometown: Chennai, India
Sankar Muthusamy finishes Silver in the World Junior Badminton 2022. The 18-year-old saved six match points in the second game before losing to Chinese Taipei’s Kuo Kuan Lin in the final of the tournament in Santander, Spain. He uses his subtle variations to stick in there and keep the shuttle in play, frustrating opponents and wearing them down to regularly commit errors, a tactic he used throughout the week to become India’s first finalist in the competition in seven years.
Lakshya Sen
Premier Badminton League I DOB: 16 August 2001 | Hometown: Almora, India
Lakshya Sen has won the bronze medal at the 2021 World Championships and was runner-up at the 2022 All England Open. Sen was also a part of the Indian team which won the Thomas Cup 2022. He also won the gold medal at the 2022 Commonwealth Games held in Birmingham in men’s singles badminton.
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy
Premier Badminton League I DOB: 13 August 2000 | Hometown: Amalapuram, India
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and his partner, Chirag Shetty, are the first men’s doubles pair from India to be ranked inside the top 10 of the BWF World Ranking, with a career-high ranking of 5.
