Kidambi Srikanth on top of the world!

Indian shuttler Kidambi Srikanth has become the No.1 badminton player in the world in men's singles

Kidambi Srikanth - 2013 French Open Men's singles

Source: Wikimedia Commons/ Pierre Yves Beaudouin CC BY-SA 4.0

Indian Badminton player Kidambi Srikanth has achieved a feat that no other Indian male badminton player has been able to achieve. Kidambi Srikanth has become the world's No.1 Men's Singles Badminton player. The only other Indian shuttler to ever become the top badminton player in the world is Saina Nehwal who became the Women's Singles No.1 Badminton player in April 2015.

As soon as the news came in, people congratulated the shuttler on twitter.
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