Despite the fear of the Corona virus, India's strong men's team has reached here for the Badminton Championship starting on Tuesday. The team's eye is on the medal, which will give important ranking points to the players in the Olympic year. The Indian women's team has decided to withdraw from the fear of spreading the coronavirus. The Indian team consists of Kidambi Srikanth, World Championship bronze medalists Bisai Praneeth, HS Prannoy, Shubhankar Sharma and Lakshya Sen. The Indian team won bronze in this championship in 2016.
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The team was initially placed in Group A alongside two-time defending champions Indonesia and hosts Philippines but due to travel restrictions of the host country China and Hong Kong did not play, the team managers meeting on Monday was again drawn. India is now placed in Group B along with Malaysia and Kazakhstan. The top two teams from all four groups have reached the quarter-finals. India will start its campaign against Kazakhstan. After that he has to play with Malaysia on Wednesday. The Asia Team Championship is being organized for the third time. It is also the Asia qualifier of the Thomas and Uber Cup. The Indian team is expected to win easily against Kazakhstan but the match against Malaysia will be exciting.
Malaysia's youth team includes world number 14 Li Ji Jia, 2014 Youth Olympics gold medalist Chim Jun Wei and three-time silver medalist Leong Jun Hao of the World Junior Championship.