BWF World Senior Badminton Championships is all set to begin from today.

In Kochi today the  BWF World Senior Badminton Championships is scheduled to begin. This is the first time that the Championship is being held in India.

From the  40 countries, a total of 665 players will battle it out in eight different age groups in the championship, which will be played in all the five categories.

In the Championships around  175 players will represent India including Olympians Abhinn Shyam Gupta, Nikhil Kanetkar, and V Diju along with three times Asian Games team bronze medallist Partho Ganguly and 1982 Asian Games bronze medallist Leroy D'sa.

The other players from India can consist of Arjuna awardee and Kerala player George Thomas, Commonwealth medallist Sanave Thomas and former India doubles player Roopesh Kumar.

It is a held in every two years. It is an individual championship with men’s and women’s singles and doubles, and mixed doubles events. 

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