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On a time that saw immoderate unthinkable matches connected the court, the spotlight for the 3rd consecutive time of the India Open badminton tourney stayed firmly connected the conditions astatine the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium connected Thursday (January 15, 2026).
After birds flying astir connected the signifier courts and a monkey successful the stands, this clip astir the enactment was close successful the mediate of the contention venue, connected Court 1 during the lucifer betwixt HS Prannoy and Loh Kean Yew, which saw play stopped doubly owed to vertebrate poop connected the floor. Play was archetypal halted successful the archetypal crippled erstwhile officials had to unreserved successful with tissues to clean, past again successful the third.
“I deliberation it was vertebrate poop,” agreed Prannoy aft the match.
While the BAI has truthful acold defended the conditions and the arrangements, Thursday’s incidental has further raised questions connected the venue’s preparedness for the World Championships successful August.
It besides adds to the database of embarrassments for the BAI and points of reappraisal for the BWF, which is monitoring the venue.
The city’s contamination and upwind conditions person already been flagged by players with Loh adding to the concerns.
