Star shuttler Lakshya Sen will headline a 26-member Indian contingent at the Malaysia Masters 2026. India will field a young squad as PV Sindhu and the top doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty have withdrawn from the tournament.
Young Squad as Top Stars Withdraw
Star shuttler Lakshya Sen will headline a 26-member Indian contingent at the Malaysia Masters 2026 badminton tournament, which gets underway on Tuesday at the Axiata Arena in Kuala Lumpur. The BWF Super 500 event will be available for live streaming in India, as per Olympics.com.
India will field a relatively young squad as PV Sindhu has withdrawn from the tournament, while men's doubles pair Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty, who reached the Thailand Open final last week, have also opted out of participation.
Men's Contingent
In men's singles, Lakshya Sen, seeded eighth, will lead India's challenge alongside HS Prannoy, the 2023 Malaysia Masters champion, Kiran George and Tharun Mannepalli. S Sankar Muthusamy will begin his campaign from the qualifiers.
MR Arjun and Hariharan Amsakarunan will be India's sole men's doubles representatives in the absence of the top-ranked Satwik-Chirag pair.
Women's Contingent
Sindhu, a two-time Malaysia Masters winner in 2013 and 2016, was initially listed but has withdrawn from the competition.
In women's singles, Unnati Hooda is seeded sixth, while India will also be represented by Malvika Bansod, Anmol Kharb, Devika Sihag, Tanvi Sharma, Isharani Baruah and Rakshitha Ramraj. Aakarshi Kashyap returns to BWF World Tour action for the first time since the Orleans Masters in March, starting from the qualifiers.
In women's doubles, India's top pair, Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand, remain unavailable, with Jolly still recovering from injury. The Indian challenge will instead be led by Rutaparna Panda/Swetaparna Panda and Ashwini Bhat/Shikha Gautam.
Malaysia Masters 2026: India squad
Men's singles: Lakshya Sen, HS Prannoy, Kiran George, Tharun Mannepalli, S Sankar Muthusamy Subramanian.
Men's doubles: MR Arjun/Hariharan Amsakarunan.
Women's singles: Devika Sihag, Tanvi Sharma, Unnati Hooda, Malvika Bansod, Anmol Kharb, Isharani Baruah, Rakshitha Ramraj, Tanya Hemnath, Aakashi Kashyap.
Women's doubles: Rutaparna Panda/Swetaparna Panda, Ashwini Bhat K/Shikha Gautam.
Mixed doubles: Ashith Surya/Amrutha Pramuthesh, Rohan Kapoor/Ruthvika Shivani Gadde, Sathwik Reddy Kanapuram/Radhika Sharma.
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