A five-day preparatory camp for the Badminton Asia Mixed Team Championships to be played in Qingdao, China, from February 11-16 will be held at the National Centre of Excellence in Guwahati from February 4 to 8. Two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu and Paris Olympics semi-finalist Lakshya Sen would be leading a 14-member Indian team, which had won the bronze medal in the last edition in 2023. Apart from Sindhu and Sen, the team also boasts of the likes of Asian Games gold medallists Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty along with Olympian HS Prannoy, and others. The NCE has been focusing on grooming the upcoming juniors since its inception, and hosting a senior team camp here will also allow the juniors an opportunity to learn from the countrys finest while also providing Indias top talents to train together and create an ideal environment of team bonding ahead of this big team event, said Badminton Association of India Secretary General Sanjay Mishra as quoted from a press release by BAI.