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Srikanth slips to 8th, Dani jumps 22 spots to 89th in BWF ranking; Kashyap, Verma make improvements

Former world number one Kidambi Srikanth slipped one place to be at the eighth spot but young Harsheel Dani jumped 22 places to reach the 89th position in the latest BWF ranking released Tuesday (April 16).

By Pti
Srikanth slips to 8th, Dani jumps 22 spots to 89th in BWF ranking; Kashyap, Verma make improvements

New Delhi, April 16: Former world number one Kidambi Srikanth slipped one place to be at the eighth spot but young Harsheel Dani jumped 22 places to reach the 89th position in the latest BWF ranking released Tuesday (April 16).

Dani's ranking was boosted by his title win at the Dutch International. Sameer Verma, who had reached the quarterfinals at Singapore Open last week, improved a place to reach the 15th spot, while former Commonwealth Games champion Parupalli Kashyap also improved three places to reach the 39th position.

Lakshya Sen, who had recently had a final finish at the Polish Open, too, surged two places to be at 71st spot.

B Sai Praneeth and H S Prannoy held on to their 20th and 21st spot respectively, while there was no change in the ranking of P V Sindhu and Saina Nehwal, and they were static at the sixth and ninth spot.

Story first published: Wednesday, April 17, 2019, 15:01 [IST]
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