The year 2025 brought mixed success for India’s headline shuttlers — PV Sindhu, Lakshya Sen, and the men’s duo of Satwiksairak Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty. However, what cannot be debated is the emergence of India’s next generation of badminton stars, who stamped their authority in various events across the globe.

Three names stand out in particular — Unnati Hooda (18), Tanvi Sharma (17), Rounak Chouhan (18) — when it came to dominating junior tournaments, and in some cases even starring in senior events.