Tanvi Patri and Shaina lead India at World Junior badminton event

Tanvi Patri and Shaina Manimuthu lead India’s women’s challenge at the BWF World Junior Championships 2026, with the singles competition beginning on Monday, October 12. The singles competition runs until October 17 at the Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls complex and is open to shuttlers below the age of 19.

Tanvi enters as the Asian under-17 champion, while Shaina was a silver medallist at that event. Parul Choudhary and Tanvi Reddy Andluri complete India’s women’s singles line-up.

Ruparelia heads men’s singles entry

Dev Ruparelia leads India’s men’s singles challenge after winning the India Junior International Grand Prix. The third seed is joined by Nishchal Chand, Jagsher Singh Khangurra and Akhil Reddy Bobba.

India’s entries extend across all three doubles disciplines. In boys’ doubles, Aathish Sreenivas PV partners Yogansh Singh, while Pavan Suresh pairs with Punith Suresh.

Aanya Bisht and Angel Punera are entered together in girls’ doubles, alongside the pairing of Diya Bheemaiah and Baruni Parshwal. Aanya and Angel were members of the Indian team that won bronze at the 2025 edition of the championships.

The mixed doubles line-up features Divyansh Agrawal, Varna Prabhuanand, Yogansh Singh and Aanya. Yogansh is also part of India’s boys’ doubles entry, giving him a place in two competitions in Cairo.

Previous medals set the context

Tanvi Sharma secured a silver medal in the girls’ singles event at the competition last year.

Saina Nehwal remains the only Indian shuttler to have won a gold medal at the championships. The Olympic medallist claimed the girls’ singles title in 2008.

The immediate focus is the singles competition from October 12 to 17, with Tanvi and Shaina heading the women’s group and Ruparelia leading the men. India also has Aanya and Angel as returning members of last year’s bronze medal-winning team.