Siril Varma becomes junior world shuttler

A prodigal World junior badminton Championship silver medal has seen Indian shuttler Siril Varma climb to number one in the recently released BWF rankings.Last year in November, Varma entered the 128 shuttler World Championship main round unseeded. He would go onto win six matches, including victories over seeded opponents such as Anders Antosen from Denmark and Thailand’s Adulrach Namkul. The 15-year old narrowly missed out on the world title, losing 21-17, 10-21, 7-21 to Chinese Taipei’s Chia Hung Lu in the final.