Ranking the greatest achievements by Indian shuttlers in the history of the game

3. PV Sindhu – Bronze 2013 World Championships

After Saina Nehwal’s bronze medal win at the London Olympics in 2012, India found yet another star in the Women’s Singles in the form of Pusarla Venkata Sindhu, who became the first women’s Singles shuttler from the country to win a medal at the prestigious event.

The 20-year-old defeated some highly fancied competitors en route that included the likes of Wang Shixian to join Prakash Padukone as the only other Indian Singles player to win a medal at the event.

While there was no question about Sindhu’s potential prior to that event, she showed here that she certainly had the ability to excel at bigger events, involving some of the most high-profile names in the game.

If one taught that her feat in 2013 was a fluke, she replicated it the following year, winning a second consecutive bronze at the same event.