India, Aug. 6 -- India will field 14 shuttlers across the five events when the BWF World Championships begin at New Delhi's Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium next week, hoping to continue a medal-winning streak that stretches back to 2011.

Since the tournament's inception, India have won 15 medals at the prestigious event-10 bronze, four silver and one gold. PV Sindhu remains the country's only world champion, having lifted the title in 2019. She is also India's most decorated player at the Championships with five medals-one gold, two silver and two bronze-a record she shares with two-time Olympic champion Zhang Ning of China.

India have reached the podium in every edition since 2011, with the men's doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy an...