India's 20-year-old shuttler Ayush Shetty won silver medal at the Badminton Asia Championships 2026. He lost the final to world champion Shi Yuqi of China with a scoreline of 8-21, 10-21. Ayush's feat marked India’s first silver medal in men’s singles at Badminton Asia Championships. Dinesh Khanna remains the only Indian to have won gold in the event in 1965.