New Delhi, August 21: The blame game has started between the players and administrators after the Indian shuttlers were denied participation in the China Masters for missing the deadline of submitting their entry.
The Indian contingent, including last year’s semifinalist Saina Nehwal, was left to cool their heel after the Badminton Association of India (BAI) sent their entry on August 12, a day after the August 11 deadline, and the organisers refused to oblige them.
While the BAI insists the fault is on the shuttlers’ part since they forgot to remind the federation, players like V Diju laid the blame squarely on the administrators.
“We had informed the BAI around 3-4 months back that we want to participate in all the Super Series this year but the Association forgot to sent the entries for the China Masters on time.
–PTI