After their recent gold-medal winning performance at the Badminton Asia Championship 2023, India's ace shuttles Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty have retained their career-high rank, the world no.
5 spot, in men's doubles category in this week's BWF World Rankings. The star Indian men's doubles pair of Rankireddy and Shetty made history by clinching the Badminton Asia Championships gold medal.
It is India's second medal at the tournament since 1965 and their first in the men's doubles category. They defeated Ong Yew Sin-Teo Eo Yi, the Malaysian duo, 16-21, 21-17, 21-19.
The India duo lost the first game. But they made a comeback worth remembering in the next two games to clinch the title. Newly crowned Asian champions Satwik-Chirag retain their career-high rankTake a look at this week's ranking updates@badmintonphoto @himantabiswa | @sanjay091968 | @lakhaniarun1 #BWFWorldRankings#IndiaontheRise#Badminton pic.twitter.com/JhiX4f3Rym They faced Tokyo Olympics champions Lee Yang and Wang Chi-lin from Chinese Taipei in the semifinal match.