Ace shuttler Kidambi Srikanth becomes World No 1, only second Indian to achieve this feat
Thursday, 12 April 2018 () Indian shuttler Kidambi Srikanth defeated Sri Lanka's Niluka Karunaratne of Sri Lanka in straight games to make it to the last-eight of Men's Singles badminton event at Commonwealth Games 2018. With this win, he also improved his ranking from third spot and became world number one.