Indian badminton group withdraws from Malaysian Open resulting from journey ban

The Indian Badminton Team must withdraw from the Malaysian Open, scheduled from May 25 to 30, owing to a brief journey restriction imposed by the Malaysian Government on travellers from India. This was introduced by the Badminton Association of India (BAI) in a press launch on Thursday.
The journey ban got here into impact from April 28, 2021.
The event is likely one of the final occasions that contribute to Olympic qualification which ends on June 15.
All prime Indian singles and doubles gamers like PV Sindhu, Saina Nehwal, Kidambi Srikanth, Sai Praneeth, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, Chirag Shetty, Ashwini Ponnappa and Sikki Reddy have been resulting from take part.
“The Sports Ministry, through the Ministry of External Affairs, approached the Malaysian authorities requesting to permit the Indian team to participate, but owing to the rise in Covid 19 cases in India, the Malaysian government has informed the Indian High Commission in Malaysia that the travel of the team cannot be presently permitted,” stated the BAI launch.