In 2017 Srikanth Kidambi became the first Indian and just the fourth male badminton player to win as many as four Super Series titles in one year. In April next year he was ranked world number one and the same year he was given the fourth highest civilian honour, the prestigious Padma Shri.
Srikanth was recently a guest on Times of India's sports podcast Sportscast and talked about his badminton journey so far, family support, the roller coaster ride he has had since 2018, the upcoming Commonwealth Games and much more.
