With his sights set on mentoring Kidambi Srikanth and India’s Next Generation, Parupalli Kashyap is planning to retire

It is anticipated that Parupalli Kashyap would end his career and pursue a career in coaching after retiring. At the Malaysian Open, the 37-year-old was in the coaches’ corner, trailing Kidambi Srikanth.

Recently, Kashyap shared his future ambitions with The Indian Express in an interview.

“Even though I haven’t made a formal retirement announcement, the ailments are compelling me to resign. It would be dumb not to benefit from Gopi’s (Pullela Gopichand) expertise, therefore I wanted to get started working with him in the meantime. For the first month, I worked with a group of u17 and u19 players, and he allowed me to teach whoever I wanted. Then Srikanth came to me to ask for my assistance. I’m grateful that Gopi Sir gave me the chance to collaborate with Srikanth,” Kashyap said.

The Government of India presented Kashyap with the Arjuna Award in 2012 after he became the first male Indian player to reach the quarterfinals of the men’s singles competition at the London Olympics. Two years later, Kashyap won gold in the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.

Kashyap just made it to the 2019 Canada Open final after winning several BWF and Grand Prix championships throughout the course of his career.

He remained by the side of his now-wife Saina Nehwal during the whole ordeal.

When questioned about his coaching goal, he said, “My thoughts are clear: we have to produce more champions. But it is all up to the players.” They must carry out their duties.