PV Sindhu to sign 4-year-deal with leading sports equipment brand worth Rs 4 cr

Indias double Olympic medalist shuttler PV Sindhu will sign a fouryear deal with a leading sports equipment brand for four years worth Rs 4 crore per year according to sourcesThe sources also mentioned that Sindhu is currently in talks with two leading global brands of technical equipment which have offered her Rs 4 crore per year for four years Her existing endorsement deal with LiNing as an ambassador has come to an endPV Sindhu has had a mixed run in recent competitions on the Badminton World Federation BWF World Tour circuitAlso ReadRohit Sharma named skipper of ICC mens T20I team of the year dominated by Indian playersWhile she did break her title drought of over two years in the Syed Modi India International in December last year by capturing the womens title by beating Chinas Wu Luo Yu she started the new year with a quarterfinal finish in the India Open in Lucknow and a disappointing firstround exit in the Indonesia Masters held this month losing to Vietnams Nguyen Thuy LinhSindhu along with Paris Olympics semifinalist Lakshya Sen will lead a 14member strong Indian team at the upcoming Badminton Asia Mixed Team Championships to be held in Qingdao China from February 1116 2025India won the bronze medal in the last edition of the championships held in Dubai in 2023 and will aim to improve on that performance this timeThe national selectors have taken into account the world rankings and current form of the players while selecting the squad which will include HS Prannoy and Malvika Bansod as the second mens and womens singles players respectivelyIndia also boasts a strong doubles lineup with the former world No 1 combination of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty leading the mens doubles charge The womens doubles duties will be shared by Gayatri Gopichand and Treesa Jolly or Olympians Ashwini Ponnappa and Tanisha CrastoTanisha will also compete in mixed doubles alongside Dhruv Kapila with Sathish Kumar K and Adya Variyath forming the second mixed doubles combination in the squadIndia Squad for Badminton Asia Mixed Team ChampionshipsMen Lakshya Sen HS Prannoy Satwiksairaj Rankireddy Chirag Shetty Dhruv Kapila MR Arjun Sathish Kumar KWomen PV Sindhu Malvika Bansod Gayatri Gopichand Treesa Jolly Ashwini Ponnappa Tanisha Crasto Adya VariyathThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever