The Badminton Association of India on Wednesday announced a cash prize of Rs 5 lakh each for singles stars P Kashyap and PV Sindhu.
Kashyap was honoured for reaching the quarterfinals of the London Olympics while Sindhu earned the accolades for her Asian junior triumph.
However, in the entire euphoria, the apex sporting body failed to recognise the contribution made by the doubles players in taking India on the world map.
The trio of Jwala Gutta, Ashwini Ponnappa and V Diju had created history by becoming the first women and mixed doubles combination to qualify for the Olympics. In fact, Jwala and Ashwini had also won the Commonwealth Games gold and are also the first combination to win the World Championship bronze medal.
BAI should also remember that in the Commonwealth Games and Asian Games, the doubles combinations need to fire if India has to have a chance of a medal.
Hopefully this will be the last time they will suffer this discrimination.
Otherwise, no player would ever be keen to take up doubles as a career and we would continue to falter in team championships.
Kashyap was honoured for reaching the quarterfinals of the London Olympics while Sindhu earned the accolades for her Asian junior triumph.
However, in the entire euphoria, the apex sporting body failed to recognise the contribution made by the doubles players in taking India on the world map.
The trio of Jwala Gutta, Ashwini Ponnappa and V Diju had created history by becoming the first women and mixed doubles combination to qualify for the Olympics. In fact, Jwala and Ashwini had also won the Commonwealth Games gold and are also the first combination to win the World Championship bronze medal.
BAI should also remember that in the Commonwealth Games and Asian Games, the doubles combinations need to fire if India has to have a chance of a medal.
Hopefully this will be the last time they will suffer this discrimination.
Otherwise, no player would ever be keen to take up doubles as a career and we would continue to falter in team championships.
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