The Indian Open badminton is going to be an exciting affair as India's top shuttlers will be competing against the world's top shuttlers in front of a packed home crowd. One of the rising stars of Indian badminton Sameer Verma who has impressed everyone with his recent exploits. Fifth seed Sameer, after reaching the semi-finals at the World Tour Finals, will open against Denmark's Rasmus Gemke and might come across fellow Indians Kidambi Srikanth or B Sai Praneeth later as both are in the same half of the draw.