men china chen long ind 9 kidambi srikant women spain carolina marin india 2 saina nehwal India s favourite sports (Participation) 1. Cricket 62% 2. Badminton 51% 3. Swimming 30% 4. Table Tennis 25% (Following) 1. Cricket 85% 2. Tennis 44% 3. Football 41% 4. Badminton 32% badminton association of india. saina nehwal first in 2015- won bronze in 2012 london olympics(6 Indian medalist s) first Indian after Prakash Padukone to become world number 1 coach Pullela Gopichand till 2014 September Current players Saina Nehwal Srikanth Kidambi Parupalli Kashyap P.V. Sindhu Jwala Gutta Valiyaveetil Diju Ashwini Ponnappa Ajay Jayaram Sourabh Varma Prannoy Kumar Former players Prakash Padukone Syed Modi Pullela Gopichand Chetan Anand Aparna Popat U. Vimal Kumar Premier Badminton League - 2013 as Indian Badminton League - http://www.pbl-indi a.com/ - Star Sports The second edition was slated to be held in October 2-14. However, due to Intern ational schedule, the tournament was rescheduled to January 2015.It was later sh ifted to 2016 due to conflict between Sporty Solutionz and BAI brand ambassador- Akshay Kumar-28 December 2015 2016 PBL was held from January 2nd to 17th, 2016- Star Sports Awadhe Warriors-Saina Nehwal Bengaluru Topgun -Ashwini Ponnapa, K. Srikanth Chennai Smashers- P.V. Sindhu Delhi Acers-won Hyderabad Hunters - Jwala Gutta, P.Kashyap Mumbai Rockets- second
winning team-3 crores
second position-2 crore third & fourth positioned-75 lakhs each trump match Racquets Yonex,Cosco,Wilson,Head,Adidas Shuttle(Nylon) Yonex Mavis 350, Mavis 10, Mavis 500 official shuttle- 16 overlapping feathers 6 shots- serve, clear, backhand, forehand, smash, drop OGQ aims to create a level playing field for Indian athletes to enable them to b e competitive at the highest level of sport. Founded by Indian sporting legends Geet Sethi and Prakash Padukone, OGQ s first test was the London 2012 Olympics. 4 out of the 6 Indian medalists were supported by OGQ. In 2010, Leander Paes and V iswanathan Anand also joined the Board of Directors.[1][2] Viren Rasquinha, form er India hockey captain, is the current CEO of Olympic Gold Quest.