Commonwealth Games 2018: 5 players carrying high hopes of India

Modified Apr 03, 2018 22:58 IST

Srikanth (R), Sindhu (Middle) and Saina Nehwal are certainly prime contenders for winning medals from this year's competition — Srikanth (R), Sindhu (Middle) and Saina Nehwal are certainly prime contenders for winning medals

#1 Kidambi Srikanth (Badminton)

Srikanth will be one of the shuttlers to look out for

The 2016 South Asian Games put Srikanth in the spotlight after he clinched gold medals in the Men's singles event to go with his gold-medal finish in the men's team event.

Having experienced a purple patch in the previous year with four superseries wins in a single year including the Indonesia Open, Australian Open, Denmark Open and French Open, Srikanth leapfrogged in the rankings to achieve a career-best second rank.

With multiple titles against his name going into the CWG and a strong team to play alongside, Kidambi Srikanth could well clinch his first ever Commonwealth Games gold medal this year.

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