India have gotten an honest draw after being positioned in Group B together with Malaysia, UAE and Kazakhstan on the Asia Mixed Team Championships to be held in Dubai from February 14 to 19.
A complete of 17 groups will struggle for honors within the continental championship and the draw for a similar was unveiled on the Dubai Sports Council on Tuesday within the presence of double Olympic medalist PV Sindhu.
The prestigious occasion, which is able to return in 2021 following the cancellation of the earlier version because of the COVID-19 pandemic, can be held on the Dubai Exhibition Centre.
Defending champions China, Korea, Singapore and Uzbekistan are positioned in Group A, whereas Indonesia, Thailand, Bahrain, Syria and Lebanon in Group C and 2017 champions Japan, Chinese Taipei, final version’s bronze medalists Hong Kong and Pakistan in Group D. Are included.
China, Japan, Indonesia and Malaysia are the highest 4 seeded groups.
All groups within the group will compete in a round-robin format, with the highest two groups advancing to the knockout stage.
Each tie will encompass two singles and three doubles matches.
The Indian staff included Sindhu, Aakarshi Kashyap, Commonwealth Games champion Lakshya Sen, World No. 9 HS Prannoy, World No. 5 Satwiksairaj Ranikreddy and Chirag Shetty, Krishna Prasad Garga and Vishnuvardhan Goud P and Commonwealth Games bronze medalists Trisha Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand, the blended doubles pair of Ashwini Bhat/Shikha Gautam, Ishaan Bhatnagar and Tanisha Crasto.
India did not cross the quarter-final stage within the inaugural version in 2017 and ended their marketing campaign within the group stage in 2019.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
