PV Sindhu Withdraws From Badminton Asia Mixed Team Championships 2025 Due to Hamstring Injury

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Blow to India's chances of improving the colour of their medal in Badminton Asia Mixed Team Championships 2025 after two-time Olympic medallist shuttler PV Sindhu on Sunday (February 9) withdrew from the squad due to an injury just days before the tournament begins in China.

The tournament is set to be played in Qingdao from February 11-16 with the Indian shuttlers currently undergoing training at a camp in Guwahati, where Sindhu was also seen preparing for the event in pictures shared by the Badminton Association of India (BAI).

However, the former World Champion Sindhu, who was a part of the squad that won bronze in the previous edition of the BAMTC, took to social media to reveal that she has been forced to pull out of the tournament due to a hamstring issue.

"It is with a heavy heart that I share I won't be travelling with the team for BAMTC 2025. While training on the 4th (February) in Guwahati, I felt a twinge in my hamstring. Despite my efforts to push through with heavy taping for our country, an MRI has revealed that my recovery will take slightly longer than I initially expected," said the 29-year-old Sindhu in a post on 'X'.

Sindhu has grappled with injuries since winning her maiden women's singles gold medal at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. The star shuttler, however, missed the remaining tournaments in 2022, including the World Championships and the World Tour Finals after she sustained a left foot stress fracture injury during the Games.

Sindhu also missed action in 2023 and 2024 due to different injury issues. She returned to action post her wedding earlier this year in the India Open, where she exited in the quarterfinal round, and later made a first round exit in the Indonesia Masters.

Besides Sindhu, the other leading players in the camp are Lakshya Sen, and HS Prannoy, along with the formidable doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty, while the women's goup includes Malvika Bansod, and doubles pairs Gayatri Gopichand, Treesa Jolly, Ashwini Ponnappa and Tanisha Crasto.

India are placed in a tough Group D alongside runners-up South Korea and Macau. They will begin their campaign against Macau on February 12, which will be followed by a tough outing against South Korea on February 13.