NEW DELHI: Indian badminton star PV Sindhu has formally withdrawn from the 2025 Badminton Asia Blended Staff Championships (BAMTC), suspending her return to aggressive motion after her latest marriage.
The 2-time Olympic medalist confirmed the choice on social media, revealing on Sunday {that a} hamstring harm sustained throughout coaching in Guwahati on February four has pressured her to increase her restoration interval.
“It’s with a heavy coronary heart that I share I gained’t be travelling with the crew for BAMTC 2025. Whereas coaching on the 4th in Guwahati, I felt a twinge in my hamstring. Regardless of my efforts to push by way of with heavy taping for our nation, an MRI has revealed that my restoration will take barely longer than I initially anticipated. Wishing the crew all the perfect. I can be cheering from the sidelines,” Sindhu wrote on X.
Her absence is a big blow to Staff India, which is presently engaged in rigorous coaching on the Nationwide Centre of Excellence in Guwahati.
The crew, comprising prime shuttlers like Lakshya Sen, HS Prannoy, and the formidable doubles duo of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty, is aiming to enhance upon its bronze-medal end from the earlier version of BAMTC.
India have been positioned in Group D alongside South Korea, the 2023 runners-up, and Macau.
They’ll start their marketing campaign on February 12 towards Macau, adopted by an important encounter with South Korea on February 13 on the Conson Gymnasium in Qingdao, China.
Sindhu’s withdrawal comes simply weeks after she tied the knot with Hyderabad-based businessman Venkata Datta Sai in a personal ceremony at Rajasthan’s luxurious Raffles Udaipur Resort.
The grand but intimate marriage ceremony, attended by shut family and friends, marked a brand new chapter in her private life.
