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Satwiksairaj Ranikreddy, who is injured, will be replaced by Dhruv Kapila in the Indian men's doubles team for the forthcoming Badminton Asia Mixed Team Championships, which will take place in Dubai from February 14 to 19.

India’s no. 33 men’s singles shuttler Manraj Singh and women’s singles shuttler Rakshitha Sree S. will lead the 19-member contingent at the upcoming Dutch Junior International 2023 and German Junior 2023. BAI conducted a selection trials process to pick the shuttlers for the year’s first two majors.

The BWF released its latest rankings on Tuesday, and a lot of Indian stars lost out on some important ranking points this week after a flop show at Indonesia Masters. Lakshya Sen, who made it to the quarters, is the only star to have gained a spot, while the others haven't fared well.

CWG champs Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty had pulled out of the Thailand Open Super 300 tournament after the former failed to recover fully from a hip injury. Satwik got injured during the India Open Super 750 a couple of weeks back, and team was forced to withdraw from the tournament.