BAI Selection Trials: B Sai Praneeth Out Of Contention For Asian Games, Commonwealth Games
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Top shuttler B Sai Praneeth's hopes of making the Indian team for the upcoming major team events were dashed after he failed to top stage 2A group on day 3 of BAI's selection trials here on Sunday
Top shuttler B Sai Praneeth's hopes of making the Indian team for the upcoming major team events were dashed after he failed to top stage 2A group on day 3 of BAI's selection trials here on Sunday. Praneeth, ranked World number 19, suffered a 21-23 21-11 16-21 loss to fast-rising Kiran George, who had claimed the Odisha Open Super 100 title in January. Later in the day, Praneeth beat Ansal Yadav 21-16 21-9 to finish second best in stage 2A group at the K. D. Jadhav Hall inside Indira Gandhi Stadium Complex.
The trials are being held to pick teams for the Commonwealth Games, Thomas and Uber Cup and Asian Games.
According to the format, only the winners of the four groups in the second stage will compete for rank 1 to 4 in a round-robin format, while the runners-up from each group will fight for 5-8 positions and third-placed players will aim for 9 to 12 positions.
Praneeth will compete for rank 5 to 8 next.
