Badminton Asia Championships 2023: Schedule and where to watch on OTT in India

At the Badminton Asia Championships in 2023, Indian shuttlers like PV Sindhu, HS Prannoy, and Saina Nehwal will compete. The prestigious tournament is scheduled to be held at the Sheikh Rashid Bin Hamdan Indoor Hall, Al Nasr Club in Dubai and will begin on April 25 and the finals will be played on April 30.

Women's category: PV Sindhu will face World No. 17 Wen Chi Hsu in the opening match at the Badminton Asia Championships 2023.

Meanwhile, Saina Nehwal will lock horns with the winner of Qualifying Group B, comprising Komang Ayu Cahya Dewi (INA), Fathimath Nabaaha Abdul Razzaq (MDV) and Kamila Smagulova (KAZ).

The top seed and finalist from the previous year, Akane Yamaguchi, will be Malvika Bansod's opponent in the opening round while Aakarshi Kashyap must prepare for a challenging first-round opponent as she faces seventh seed Ratchanok Intanon.

Men's category: Lakshya Sen, has drawn against seventh seed Loh Kean Yew in the opening round, while, HS Prannoy will meet Phone Pyae Naing and Kidambi Srikanth will face Adnan Ebrahim.

Men's doubles category: Swiss Open champions Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty will face World No. 44 Tan Kian Meng and Tan Wee Kiong. 

The other Indian pair of Krishna Prasad Garaga and Vishnuvardhan Goud Panjala will take on fourth seeds Takuro Hoki and Yugo Kobayashi.

MR Arjun and Dhruv Kapila will be facing eighth seeds ONG Yew Sin and Teo Ee Yi in the first round.

Women's doubles: Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand will face Indonesia’s Lanny Tria Mayasari and Ribka Sugiarto.

Ashwini Bhat K and Shikha Gautam will be up against another Indonesian pair, Meilysa Trias Puspitasari and Rachel Allessya Rose.

Mixed doubles: No Indian pair has got direct entry into the main draw. The pairs of Ashwini Ponnappa-Sumeeth Reddy, Juhi Dewangan-Venkat Gaurav Prasad, Rohan Kapoor-Sikki Reddy, and Nithin HV-Poorvisha S Ram will play the qualifiers.

Schedule of Badminton Asia Championships 2023:

Group stage: Tuesday, April 25.

Round 1: Wednesday, April 26.

Round 2: Thursday, April 27.

Quarterfinals: Friday, April 28.

Semifinals: Saturday, April 29.

Finals: Sunday, April 30.

Where to watch Badminton Asia Championships 2023 on OTT in India:

In India, the Badminton Asia Championships 2023 will be broadcast live on Sony Sports TEN 2 channel and live streamed on SonyLIV platform.