NEW DELHI, Jan. 14 -- Indonesia's Irwansyah Adi Pratama has taken charge of the Indian women's singles shuttlers and been coaching PV Sindhu and others at the national camp in Bengaluru from the new year.
It was confirmed that Irwansyah will only coach the women players while another foreign coach is in talks to be hired for the men's singles group in a week or so. "We will also be bringing on board Indian coaches to train and spar with our top shuttlers. Former players like Manu Attri have already joined the setup and started coaching our top doubles players," Badminton Association of India (BAI) secretary general Sanjay Mishra said on Monday.
Irwansyah, a former Indonesia head coach, is credited for the rise of former Asian champion Ant...