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Shrikant Kidambi was born in Ravulapalem, Andhra Pradesh. Srikanth Kidambi took up badminton in 2001 after watching his elder brother playing in Guntur. Srikanth was encouraged to play singles instead of doubles at the Pullela Gopichand Academy where his talent was first recognised. The first Indian male player to win a silver medal at the World Championships and a world number one, Kidambi Srikanth is one of the best badminton players India has ever produced.
Kidambi is the only Indian to have won a men’s title in the top BWF World Tour Super Series event and also qualified for the men’s singles final of the BWF World Championships 2021. The badminton player entered the Badminton World Elite Tour in 2014. He became the first Indian to win a top men’s title in the Super Series when he defeated two-time Olympic champion Lin Dan in the China Open final.
Former world number one Kidambi received the Arjuna Award in 2015 and the Padma Shri, India’s fourth-highest civilian honour, in 2018. He was the first Indian to play in the men’s singles final at the 2021 World Championships.
age
Srikanth Kidambi’s date of birth is 7 February 1993. As of 2022, Srikanth Kidambi is 29 years old. The zodiac sign of Shrikant Kidambi is Aquarius.
family
Srikanth Nammalwar Kidambi was born in Ravulapalem, Andhra Pradesh, into a Telugu family. Shrikant Kidambi’s father, KVS Krishna, was a landlord, while Shrikant Kidambi’s mother, Radha, was the head of the household. Shrikant Kidambi’s elder brother, K. Nandagopal, was a badminton player and a national junior champion. They lived together until 2008. After that, Srikanth moved to Gopichand Academy to continue his career.
He represents India in singles and doubles. In April 2018, Srikanth was ranked number one in the world rankings. He comes from a farming family. Srikanth and his elder brother Nandagopal started playing badminton in 2000 when they joined the newly built Guntur Municipal Stadium.
Profession
At the 2011 Commonwealth Youth Games, Kidambi won a bronze medal in men’s doubles and a silver medal in mixed doubles. He also won the singles and doubles titles at the All India Junior International Badminton Championships in Pune. At the 2012 Maldives International Challenge, Kidambi defeated current junior world champion Zulfadli Zulkifli of Malaysia to win the men’s singles title.
Kidambi won the men’s singles title in the Thailand Open gold medal match, defeating then eighth-ranked local favorite Bonsak Pongsana in a two-match win. At the All India Senior National Championships held in Delhi that year, Kidambi defeated defending champion and Olympian Parupalli Kashyap to win his first Senior National Championship. He also played with the Awadh Warriors, who finished second in the 2013 Indian Badminton League.
Kidambi finished second in the 2014 Lucknow India Open Grand Prix Gold Medal Tournament and reached the fourth round in the 2014 Malaysia Open. At the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games, he was part of the Indian badminton team that reached the mixed team semi-finals.
At the same tournament, he also advanced to the quarterfinals of the men’s singles. In November, he became the first Indian to win a men’s Super Series title by defeating five-time world champion and two-time Olympic champion Lin Dan in the 2014 China Open Super Series final in two straight sets (21-19 21-17).
After defeating Taiwan’s Chou Tien Chen in the first round of the Hong Kong Open Super Series, he advanced to the semi-finals. In the semi-finals, he lost to China’s Chen Long in three sets. With these wins, he qualified for the World Series Finals. In the group stage of the prestigious BWF Super Series Masters Finals, he defeated Tommy Sugiarto (21-18 21-13) and Kento Momota (15-21 21-16 21-10) to reach the semi-finals, where he lost again to China’s Chen Long.
In the 2015 Swiss Open Grand Prix Gold Medal Match, Kidambi defeated Viktor Axelsen 21-15 12-21 21-14 to become the first Indian to win a gold medal. In the same year, he defeated Viktor Axelsen in the India Open Super Series Championship. In the Malaysia Masters, Kidambi reached the semi-finals but lost to Iskandar Zulkarnain Zainuddin of Malaysia. The following week, he won the Syed Modi International Badminton Championship Grand Prix gold medal by defeating Huang Yuxiang in the championship match.
He won two gold medals in the men’s team and singles events at the 2016 South Asian Games, defeating Prannoy Kumar in the men’s singles final. He remained undefeated despite his team’s loss in the semifinals of the 2016 Badminton Asia Team Championships.
Play
In the men’s singles event at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, world number 11 Kidambi defeated Lino Muzi and Henrik Helskainen to advance. After advancing to the quarterfinals by defeating world number 5 Jan Jørgensen 21-19 21-19, Lin Dan defeated him 6-21 21-11 18-21.
Kidambi and Sai Praneeth created history when they became the first-ever Indian pair to reach the final of a badminton ranking tournament. Hailing from Hyderabad, Sai Praneeth, coached by Pullela Gopichand, won the Singapore Super Series with scores of 17-21, 21-17, 21-12.
Kidambi became the first Indian male player to win the Indonesia Super Series, defeating Japan’s Kazumasa Sakai 21-11 21-19. He then broke India’s record for consecutive Super Series finals by defeating China’s Chen Long 22-20 21-16 in the Australia Super Series final. South Korea’s Son Wan Ho defeated him in straight sets in the World Championships quarter-finals. He won the next Super Series in Denmark, defeating South Korea’s Lee Hyun Il 21-10 21-5 in the final.
After his success, Kidambi went on to win the following French Superseries title, defeating Japan’s Kenta Nishimoto 21-14 21-13. This made him only the fourth player ever to win four Superseries titles in a single year. He tied the record held by Lee Chong Wei, Lin Dan and Chen Long. Following the win, his world ranking reached 2, his best result ever.
At the India Open, Kidambi was the second seed at the start of 2018. He was defeated in the second round by Iskandar Zulkarnain Zainuddin, who qualified from the qualifiers. He also lost to China’s Huang Yuxiang in the second round of the All England Open in three sets. Kidambi went on to achieve better results at the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games, winning gold in the mixed team event and silver in the singles event.
During this period, he held the world No. 1 ranking for one week. Liu Dalun defeated Kidambi 18-21 18-21 in the quarterfinals of the World Championships. In singles, Kidambi lost to Huang Yongji 21-23, 19-21 in the first round, and his team lost to Indonesia in the quarterfinals after defeating Maldives 3-0 in the first round of the team competition.
Kidambi represented India at the South Asian Games in Nepal where his team won the gold medal. Kidambi is the first Indian male badminton player to reach the final of the World Championships in 2021. Silver medalist Lu Jianyou defeated him in the title match.
Kidambi was a member of the Indian men’s Thomas Cup team in 2022. The team defeated Indonesia 3-0 in the championship match, with Kidambi defeating Jonathan Christie to win the Thomas Cup title.
net worth
He is one of the richest badminton players in the world and has held the world number one ranking position since 2018. His net worth is estimated at Rs 3.8 crore. Financial prizes from tournaments and the matches he wins are his main source of income. In the highest-paid category, Srikanth is ranked 83rd on the Forbes magazine list with a salary of Rs 6.13 crore. The Awade Warriors in the league bought Srikanth for Rs 3.10 crore for the 2013 Indian Badminton League.
Later, he became the highest-paid badminton player in India when Awadh Warriors bought him again for Rs 5.1 crore during the 2016 Indian Badminton League. However, Bengaluru Raptors bought the player for Rs 8 crore later in the 2018-19 season. The player’s 4-year Rs 35 crore contract with Chinese giant Li-Ning is his other source of income. Besides, he also served as the brand ambassador of Yonex between 2016 and 2018.
Awards
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- In 2018, the President of India awarded him the Padma Shri, India’s fourth highest civilian award.
- He was ranked number one in the world at the BWF World Championships in April 2018.
- In 2015, he received India’s second highest sporting honour, the Arjuna Award (Arjuna Award for Excellence in Sports and Games).
- 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games (Mixed Team) Gold Medal
- 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games (Men’s Singles) Silver Medal
- 2016 Manila Asian Team Championships (Men’s Team) Bronze Medal
- 2016 Hyderabad Asian Team Championships (Men’s Team) Bronze Medal
- 2016 South Asian Games Guwahati-Shillong (Men’s Team) Gold Medal
- 2016 South Asian Games Guwahati-Shillong (Men’s Singles) Gold Medal
- 2019 South Asian Games Kathmandu-Pokhara (Men’s Team) Gold Medal
- 2011 Asian Youth Championships Lucknow (Mixed Team) Bronze Medal
- 2011 Commonwealth Youth Games Douglas (mixed doubles) silver medal
- 2011 Commonwealth Youth Games Douglas (Men’s Doubles) Bronze Medal
Interesting Facts
- He defeated his idol Lin Dan in the pinnacle showdown at the China Open (2014).
- Srikanth started his badminton career in 2008 and was ranked 240th in 2012 before rising to 13th in 2013.
- In order to improve his ranking, Srikanth underwent intensive training at the Pullela Gopichand Badminton Academy in Hyderabad.
- Srikanth rose to fame after defeating Parupalli Kashyap in the 2013 All India Senior National Championship.
- Every athlete dreams of defeating an opponent who inspires them. Srikanth defeated his idol Lin Dan in a pinnacle showdown at the China Open (2014).
- Srikanth’s impressive win in the first round of the Indonesia Open Super Series has seen him rise significantly in the rankings. As a result, he moved up to second place in the World Super Series Dubai Rankings.
- Srikanth has been awarded the Arjuna Award. He received this award in 2015.
- Srikanth’s current financial sponsor is the Go Sports Foundation.
- Starting on August 21st in Glasgow, Scotland for the World Championships.
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