According to sources it was stated that recently in a proud moment, Indian badminton champion Kidambi Srikanth scripted history by becoming world number 1 in the Badminton World Federation (BWF) rankings on Thursday. Meanwhile Srikanth is the first Indian male shuttler to clinch the top rank. In the women's category, Saina Nehwal had occupied the no. 1 slot in 2015.
Sources have made a statement that this 25 year old Kidambi Srikanth replaced Denmark's ace badminton player Viktor Axelsen with 76,895 points in men's singles category. Meanwhile Srikanth clinched the mixed team gold in the ongoing Gold Coast Commonwealth Games and continues to be the hot favorite to win the gold medal.
Moreover report stated that Srikanth is the disciple of champion maker and
former Indian badminton star Pullela Gopichand. Srikanth burst onto the world
badminton scene with a win at the Thailand Open in 2013. Last year he had won 4
Super Series titles and so the Indian government honored Kidambi Srikanth with
Padma Shri and Arjuna Award in 2018 and 2015 respectively. Furthermore
Telangana CM also had honored him for his performances.
