Does the Indian women’s badminton team which bagged the gold medal at the just-concluded Badminton Asia Team Championships in Selangor, Malaysia, merit the title of the pre-eminent squad of shuttlers on this badminton-crazy continent?

Even when this was the first-ever gold medal earned by the Indian women at international level, following on upon the bronze won at the 2014 Uber Cup series in New Delhi? Even though there was not a single Indian player among the Top 40 singles exponents in the world, barring PV Sindhu, who is ranked No. 11?