London 2012 Olympic bronze medallist Saina Nehwal held the previous record for the most weeks as world No. 1 for an Indian badminton player. She climbed up to the No. 1 rank in the badminton rankings on August 18, 2015, and remained there till October 21, 2015, for nine weeks.
Popularly known as “Sat-Chi”, Satwik and Chirag climbed two spots in the BWF rankings after a historic gold medal in the recently concluded Asian Games badminton men’s doubles event in Hangzhou.
Indian sensation Kidambi Srikanth is all set to grab the title of World No. 1 player in badminton.
Before Denmark and French titles, Srikanth had won back to-back titles at Indonesia and Australia in June.
