Indian badminton players have gained much acclaim in the international circuit. In India, badminton is quite a popular sport. On the domestic level the badminton scenario has always been prosperous with fresh young talented badminton players. These talented youngsters forming the badminton squad of India draw inspiration from the achievements of the legendary Indian badminton players. The list of such great players includes popular names like Prakash Padukone, Pullela Gopichand, Aparna Popat, Chetan Anand, Saina Nehwal and more. Brief information about some of the famous Indian badminton players is given below -

Prakash Padukone
Prakash Padukone is one of India`s greatest badminton players. The sport was synonymous with his name for quite a period of time. He was popularly known as the `Gentle Tiger` on the badminton courts. Prakash Padukone was the first player to win the esteemed All England Badminton Championship. Apart from this prestigious title, he also won several other titles both national as well as international. Prakash Padukone was born on10th June, 1955.

Pullela Gopichand
Another popular name of the Indian badminton arena is that of Pullela Gopichand. Like Prakash Padukone, he also excelled on the international badminton sphere. Pullela Gopichand was born on 16th November, 1973. In the year 1989, he made his mark at the domestic level by winning the national championship in the state of Goa. Prakash Padukone was his mentor and under his guidance, Pullela Gopichand emerged as a strong and one of the highly successful Indian badminton players. Pullela Gopichand also won the title of prestigious All England Championship.

Aparna Popat
Aparna Popat is considered as one of the finest women badminton players the country has produced. This `All Time Greatest female Badminton players of India` has made her mark in the national and international badminton tournaments with her giant-killing acts and by winning the women singles in French Open. Aparna Popat was born on 18th January, 1978 in Mumbai. Moreover, Aparna Popat has the record for holding the highly prestigious National Senior Women`s Badminton title for greatest number of times successively (nine times).

Chetan Anand
Chetan Anand is another most popular and finest badminton player India has ever produced. He is actually one of the highest ranking badminton players of the world. He was born on 7th August, 1980. Chetan Anand has also received the esteemed Arjuna Award.

Saina Nehwal
One of the best known Indian badminton players is Saina Nehwal. She is considered as one of the most promising female badminton players of India at the moment. Saina Nehwal has to her credit the accomplishment of being the first Indian woman badminton players to have reached the Quart Final round of badminton tournament at the Olympic Games, and also winning the gold medal at the 2010 Commonwealth Games.

Anup Sridhar
Anup Sridhar is a popular Indian badminton player, who is considered as one of the finest players of the badminton arena in India in the recent times. Anup Sridhar is well known as the Captain of the badminton team of India at the Thomas Cup tournament, and for hitting the hardest smash in the history of badminton, besides performing with distinction in several international badminton titles.

Jwala Gutta
Another popular female badminton player of India is Jwala Gutta who is considered to be one of the finest Women`s Doubles Badminton Players, the country has ever witnessed.

The popular badminton players of India have made the country proud by winning several prestigious titles at the international badminton arena.