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HYDERABAD: Badminton is acceptable for a caller avatar arsenic the yearly wide assemblage of the Badminton World Federation (BWF) has approved the 3x15 constituent scoring strategy from Jan next.The connection received much than two-thirds bulk astatine the BWF AGM successful Horsens, Denmark connected Saturday.
While 198 voted successful favour of the caller format, 43 voted against.PV Sindhu said alteration should beryllium meaningful. “We should ever look to amended athletics for players, fans, broadcasters and commercialized partners. But not each alteration is progress. So, my feeling would beryllium like, fto america innovate, but fto america marque definite we are solving the close problem,” Sindhu told the BWF website.Doubles specializer Satwisairaj Rankireddy told TOI that 15-point strategy volition suit their style.
“For our playing style, the 15-point strategy volition beryllium advantageous. But I similar the 21-point game. We play existent badminton there. It is conscionable similar comparing Test and T20 cricket. Test cricket is what we emotion and bask more,” Satwik said.BWF started experimenting with the 3x15 format from May 2025 astatine the Mexican planetary challenge. BWF person besides tested the existing 21x3 against 15x3 and 11x5. The factors as-sessed see winning probability, lucifer duration, crippled closeness, fig of highpressure oregon breathtaking points.
All information indicated that the 3x15 format consistently outperformed the different 2 formats.The 3x21 strategy was introduced successful 2006. Between 2002 and 2006, the 5x7 strategy was implemented and scrapped owed to extended lucifer duration. Before 2002, it was champion of 3 games of 15 points each for men and 11 points each for women. At the 2004 Olympics 15x3 was used. Before 2006 determination was the service-over system, wherever players secured points lone portion serving.
In the newly-approved system, players get points for each rally they win.Former satellite No.1 Saina Nehwal has powerfully opposed the caller system. Women’s Olympic champion Chen Yu Fei supports the 15-point format. “I enactment the threegame, 15-point scoring system. With the 21-point system, matches tin past 80 oregon adjacent 90 minutes, which is demanding. If it’s 15 points, the matches volition beryllium shorter, strength higher and rallies much exciting,” the Chinese shuttler said.Former National manager U Vimal Kumar is besides against the caller system. “Altering the existing scoring strategy risks diluting the halfway essence of badminton,” Vimal wrote to the BWF.
