Pune shuttlers Varun Kapur and Saad Dharmadhikari are the top seeds in the men’s and women’s singles competitions respectively in the Yonex Sunrise Shri Nandu Natekar Memorial Maharashtra State Senior Inter District (Team) and State Badminton Championship2024, to be conducted under the auspices of Maharashtra Badminton Association (MBA) and Badminton Association for Mumbai Upanagar (BAMU) and played at the Goregaon Sports Club starting from Sunday, September 29, 2024.
Yash Shah and Shruti Mundada, both also from Pune are the second seeds in the men’s and women’s events.
Kuvale siblings Viplav and Viraj from Greater Mumbai are the top seeds in the men’s doubles event while in the women’s draw combined pair of Thane’s Mrunmayee Deshpande and Kolhapur’s Prerana Alvekar seeded number one.
The Thane pairing of Aman Farogh Sanjay and Anagh Karandikar are the top seeds in the mixed doubles event.
A total of 17 men’s team and 13 women team will be competing for the top honours in the team championship.
Rakhee Sonigra Jain, Joint Secretary & Secretary Indoor Sports, GSC along with India’s successful doubles pair of Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy will be present at the opening ceremony.
The Championship (the largest in the state), returns to Mumbai after nearly a decade and will be hosted by the Goregaon Sports Club, Malad West.