Kidambi Srikanth now World No 1

Mumbai, April 10: Here is the good news that Badminton Player Kidambi Srikanth will replace Denmark s Viktor Axelsen as the world s top-ranked men s singles player when the Badminton World Federation releases its next weekly rankings on Thursday.Srikanth will be the first Indian man to achieve this fabulous feat in a modern ranking eraSrikanth, who helped India win CWG gold in the mixed team event, will move to the top of rankings with 76,895 pointsIn March 2015, Saina had scaled the summit and remains the only Indian girl to achieve this feat thus far.He was also instrumental in helping India win the gold medal in the mixed-team event at the Commonwealth Games on Monday. The shuttler beat Malaysia s Lee Chong Wei in straight games in the singles rubber to give India a 2-0 lead.