Badminton News: BAI announces cash awards for PV Sindhu, Sameer Verma

Badminton Association of India announced a cash award of Rs 10 lakh for P V Sindhu, who became the first Indian to win the season-ending World Tour Finals in Guangzhou, China on Sunday. Olympic silver medallist Sindhu ended the year on a high, beating Japan’s Nozomi Okuhara 21-19 21-17 in the summit clash to claim the World Tour finals crown, thus also breaking the jinx of a series of silver medal finishes in major tournaments. BAI also announced a cash award of Rs 3 lakh for Sameer Verma who reached the semifinal in his maiden appearance at the World Tour Finals. Sameer had qualified for the tournament at the last moment after defending the Syed Modi International title last month.