Badminton News: Thomas, Uber postponement gets mixed reactions in India

The decision by Badminton World Federation (BWF) to defer Thomas and Uber Cups received some interesting and mixed reactions in India. Postponed twice, the cups were scheduled from October 3-11 in Denmark before being moved to 2021. Subhankar Dey and national selector U Vimal Kumar criticised the decision but HS Prannoy, Saina Nehwal and Chirag Shetty said BWF were right in rescheduling after a number of countries, including powerhouses Indonesia and South Korea, had pulled out due to Covid-19. India’s participation had faced trouble after PV Sindhu, Chirag Shetty, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, B Sai Praneeth, HS Prannoy, Sameer Verma and Sourabh Verma had pulled out. Later, Sindhu agreed to play at Badminton Association of India (BAI) president Himanta Biswa Sarma’s insistence.