Kidambi Srikanth confirmed No 1 in the world

New Delhi, April 12: Here is the cheerful moment or Indian people. Indian badminton star Kidambi Srikanth on Thursday became world No. 1 in the Badminton World Federation (BWF) rankings.

He replaced Denmark's Viktor Axelsen. The NO1 player moved to the top of rankings with 76,895 points in men's singles category to displace current world champion Axelsen, who lost at least 1,660 points because he could not defend his Malaysian Open title.

In 2017, he became the first Indian to win back-to-back Super Series titles.

The 25-year-old Srikanth bagged the mixed team gold in the ongoing Gold Coast Games and continues to feature in the men's singles format in that event.

Srikanth becomes only the second Indian after Saina Nehwal, who achieved the feat in 2015, to top the rankings and the first Indian male to do so.