Arvind Bhat

Arvind Bhat is one of the best badminton players in India, and also the reigning National Badminton champion. He is currently ranked 46 in the world as per the BWF badminton rankings. Arvind honed his badminton skills at the Prakash Padukone badminton academy in Bangalore.

Arvind Bhat - Indian Badminton player

Fact File:

Arvind is from: Bangalore
Currently employed with: PSCB
His current world ranking is: 46

Notable achievements:

Nov-2004:
Arvind Bhat won the men's singles title at the Scottish Open badminton tournament defeating the 3rd seeded Marc Zwiebler of Germany 15-8, 15-7.

2005:
Arvind won the All-India senior ranking tournament.

2007:
Arvind Bhat won the New Caledonia Open badminton tournament with an upset win over world.no.48 Pablo Abian of Spain
Arvind also then won the Czech Open International tournament.
Arvind Bhat won the Syrian Satellite series badminton tournament at Damascus.
Arvind Bhat won the Jordan Open badminton tournament at Amman.

2008:
Arvind won the Tata Open senior ranking badminton tournament.

Feb-2009
Arvind Bhat won the National badminton title for the first time in Indore in Feb-2009, when he had defeated P Kashyap 21-19, 21-14 in the finals.

Jan-2011
Arvind Bhat defeated P Kashyap in the finals of the Mens singles National Badminton title match to be crowned the National Badminton Champion for the second time in his badminton career.

Arvind Bhat regains National Championship title

ARVIND BHAT REGAINS NATIONAL CROWN


Arvind Bhat


31-year old Arvind Bhat underlined his experience while he overcame the challenge of World No.25 & top favorite P.Kashyap in straight sets, 21-13, 21-17 to regain the National Championship title for the second time in his career.

The two had earlier played against each other in the Singapore Super Series in June-2010, when Kashyap had reached the semi-finals defeating  Arvind Bhat in straight sets in the quarter-finals of the event, and Kashyap, the highest ranked Indian player today in the mens singles, was no doubt the favorite.

However Kashyap, who was playing for his maiden title win, could not manage to maintain a 5 point lead in the first game, as Arvind used all the weapons in his repertoire to wipe out the 5 point deficit and level the game at 10-10. He maintained this tempo winning the first game 21-13.

The next game saw a fierce battle as the scores moved from 9-8 to 18-17, before Arvind finally closed out Kashyap's challenge winning the 2nd game 21-17.


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