Badminton Badminton Lakshya Sen, Malvika Bansod to lead India at Asia Team Championships Lakshya Sen and Malvika Bansod will lead the Indian men's and women's teams, respectively, at the Badminton Asia Team Championships in Shah Alam, Malaysia next month. Rakesh Rao New Delhi 29 January, 2022 14:22 IST Lakshya Sen won the - PTI Rakesh Rao New Delhi 29 January, 2022 14:22 IST Non-availability of the leading players across all sections will see India field severely depleted men and women teams in the Asian team badminton championship at Shah Alam, Malaysia, from February 15 to 20.India Open winner Lakshya Sen is the only saving grace of the squad that includes youngsters like Mithun Manjunath and Kiran George. The women's squad has the trio of Aakarshi Kashyap, Malvika Bansod and Ashmita Chaliha. Lesser known doubles players complete the squad.The selections are based on the results of the National ranking tournaments held in Chennai and Hyderabad in the second fortnight of December. The performances of the India Open and the Syed Modi India International were not considered.THE TEAMSMenSingles: Lakshya Sen, Mithun Manjunath, Kiran George, Raghu M.Doubles: P. S. Ravi Krishna/Uday Kumar Shankar Prasad, Amsakarunan Hariharan/Ruban Kumar, Dingku Singh Konthoujam/Manjit Singh KhwairakpamWomenSingles: Malvika Bansod, Aakarshi Kashyap, Ashmita Chaliha, Tara ShahDoubles: Simran Singhi/Khushi Gupta, V. Nila/Arubala, Aarthi Sara Sunil/Riza Mahreen. Read more stories on Badminton. For more updates, follow Sportstar on :