Indian hockey Olympian Viren Rasquinha (left), former shooter Anjali Bhagwat and ex-shuttler Aparna Popat (right) during an event to wish good luck to the Commonwealth Games-bound Indian contingent at the Mumbai Press Club yesterday. pic/Ashish Raje

Former nine-time national champion Aparna Popat is confident that India's badminton contingent will win the maximum number of gold medals at the Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia, from April 4 to 15. "As far as badminton is concerned, definitely we are the favourites. What stands out is that we are not just favourites in the singles where Saina Nehwal, PV Sindhu, Kidambi Srikanth and HS Prannoy have being doing well, but across all events," Popat, 40, said during a press conference organised by official broadcasters Sony and the Sports Journalists Association of Mumbai at the Mumbai Press Club yesterday.