PV Sindhu Withdraws from BAMTC 2025 Due to Hamstring Injury

Two-times Olympic medallist shuttler PV Sindhu has exited from the Badminton Asia Mixed Team Championships in China, due to a hamstring injury, which will hit the hopes of the country pretty badly in changing the medal color in this prestigious edition.

The tournament is set to be played in Qingdao from February 11 to 16 with the Indian shuttlers currently undergoing training at a camp in Guwahati. Besides Sindhu, the other big guns in the camp are Lakshya Sen, and HS Prannoy, not to forget the powerful doubles duo of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty.

Sindhu was a part of the squad that won bronze in the previous edition of the tournament.

The 29-year-old Sindhu in a post on social media stated, "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."

However, the catch for most injuries after clinching the title of maiden women's singles gold medal in the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. The top shuttler sustained a stress fracture injury to the left foot during the Games, which made her miss the rest of the 2022 tournaments, including the World Championships and the World Tour Finals.

India have been put into a really tough Group D with runners up South Korea and Macau. They will kick off their campaign against Macau on February 12 and have the next difficult outing ahead of them on February 13 against the South Koreans.

Sindhu wished the team luck, saying she would be "cheering from the sidelines".