NEW DELHI: India’s leading badminton players, including two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu and world No. 9 HS Prannoy, are fretting over their visa application for the Sudirman Cup to be held in Suzhou, which are yet to be cleared by the Chinese embassy here, TOI has learnt.
The 23 members of the contingent, including 15 players, are waiting for their visas for the tournament, scheduled from May 14-21. The development has come at a time when Chinese foreign minister, Qin Gang, is in India to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation’s (SCO) foreign ministers’ meeting in Goa.