India will look up to their star players Saina Nehwal and men’s doubles duo of Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy to quickly recover from the Sudirman Cup drubbing and produce a better show at the Thomas and Uber Cup Finals beginning here on Saturday.

With their stars missing and senior players out of form, India cut a sorry figure at the Sudirman Cup mixed team championships in Vantaa, losing to China and Thailand to be knocked out of the tournament last week.

However, with Saina and Chirag-Satwik duo back in the team, India will look to forget the Sudirman Cup disappointment and produce a strong performance in the men’s and women’s team events, where 16 top teams from five continents battle for a week.

In the Thomas Cup, the Indian team has been placed in Group C alongside China, Netherlands and Tahiti, while the women’s team has been drawn alongside Thailand, Spain and Scotland in Group B of Uber Cup.

While the men will open against Netherlands, the women’s side will face Spain in their tournament opener.

The 10-member men’s team comprises four singles players and three doubles pairs. Alongside B Sai Praneeth and former world No. 1 Kidambi Srikanth, Sameer Verma and Kiran George are also in the team. In doubles India have the world No. 10 pair Chirag and Satwik, Dhruv Kapila and MR Arjun and Krishna Prasad and Vishnu Vardhan.

Chirag, who had missed the Sudirman Cup due to an abdominal muscle pull, believes India have a great chance of winning a medal.