TOISA 2021: Meet the nominees - Kidambi Srikanth

The evaluation period for TOISA 2021 was from January 1 to December 31, 2021. All achievements during this time period were considered by the jury. Meet one of the big contenders for the TOISA 2021 Male Badminton Player of the Year award - Kidambi Srikanth, who recently won a bronze medal at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.

Kidambi SrikanthDate of Birth: February 7, 1993 Place of Birth: Ravulapalem, Andhra Pradesh Sport: Badminton (Men's Singles) Current World Ranking: 12 (As on October 3, 2022) Major Achievements in 2021:World Championships: Silver - First Indian male to reach the final; Won silver Indonesia Masters: Made the semis Hylo Open: Made the semis Swiss Open: Made the semis Former World No. 1 shuttler Kidambi Srikanth became the first Indian male ever to reach the final of the prestigious BWF World Championships in 2021. Though he had to settle for a silver medal after losing to Singapore's Loh Kean Yew in the summit clash at Huelva, Spain, his achievement was a historic one.

The medal in the World Championships made sure that Srikanth ended the year on a high after what was a disappointing season, in which he had failed to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics too. But at the World Championships he made history and for his historic silver medal at the BWF Worlds, Srikanth has been nominated in The Times of India Sports Awards (TOISA 2021) 'Badminton Male Player of the Year' category. The category winners, male and female, in the last edition of TOISA were PV Sindhu and Sai Praneeth.