New Delhi, June 12 -- Two-time Olympic medallist and former world champion PV Sindhu will spearhead a 10-member Indian contingent at the BWF World Championships 2026 in New Delhi, scheduled from August 17 to 23, according to Olympics.com.

Sindhu, who won the world badminton title in 2019 and claimed silver medals in 2017 and 2018, earned her spot in the women's singles as India's host representative under Badminton World Federation (BWF) qualification rules. The final list, based on world rankings as of April 28, includes 64 players each in men's and women's singles and 48 pairs in every doubles discipline.

India will field two direct entrants in each category. In men's singles, Lakshya Sen and Ayush Shetty qualified, while Sindhu will ...