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The BWF World Junior Championships: India’s top shuttlers, including former World Junior Championships medallists HS Prannoy and Lakshya Sen along with Olympian and women’s doubles star shuttler Ashwini Ponnappa recorded a special message for the Indian contingent for the upcoming World Junior Championships, urging them to enjoy themselves and trust their preparations.

The BWF World Junior Championships 2025 will be played in Guwahati, Assam from October 6 to 19. India is hosting this event 17 years after it first hosted in Pune in 2008.

“It’s probably a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to represent India at the World Juniors. It's an opportunity for the juniors to play against the best in the world; this is the first stepping stone. From here you know what to expect in the next couple of years, because next you're getting into the senior level,” said Prannoy, who won a BWF world junior bronze medal in 2010.