Kuala Lumpur, May 18 -- Star shuttler Lakshya Sen will headline a 26-member Indian contingent at the Malaysia Masters 2026 badminton tournament, which gets underway on Tuesday at the Axiata Arena in Kuala Lumpur.

The BWF Super 500 event will be available for live streaming in India, as per Olympics.com.

India will field a relatively young squad as PV Sindhu has withdrawn from the tournament, while men's doubles pair Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty, who reached the Thailand Open final last week, have also opted out of participation.

In men's singles, Lakshya Sen, seeded eighth, will lead India's challenge alongside HS Prannoy, the 2023 Malaysia Masters champion, Kiran George and Tharun Mannepalli. S Sankar Muthusamy will begin...