The Badminton World Federation (BWF) have come under fire for their management in the wake of the Covid-19 crisis, with several shuttlers’ crying foul over their world rankings points being deducted due to inactivity.

The world body had stated they would consider the possibility of freezing the world rankings until the badminton season restarts again, but have yet to do so.

Last year’s World Championships bronze medalist B. Sai Praneeth expressed his concern over the BWF’s reluctance to act swiftly.

"Our points are getting deducted even though tournaments were postponed by the BWF due to the coronavirus. The Swiss Open got postponed but my points get deducted. So if they keep slashing the points for all the qualifiers which were postponed, I don’t know what will happen.

"The BWF should at least freeze the rankings, later they can decide about the qualification depending on the dates of Olympics," said the Indian.

H.S. Prannoy echoed his national teammate’s sentiment.“By the time tournaments start again my ranking would be close to 100. BWF is not doing anything to freeze the current rankings,” said the world number 29.

Malaysian mixed doubles specialist Goh Liu Ying also joined in the chorus for BWF to take action immediately.

疫情扩散，导致奥运延后。这应该是从没发生的事情，我们见证了第一次。 国际奥委会宣布延后举办之后，世界羽联忙着讨论相应对策。 . 1）奥运资格赛本来从2019年4月到2020年4月份（因为疫情关系，2020三四月份的比赛取消）. 那如果奥运延迟，到底是重新计算奥运积分？还是会跟着2019年的奥运世界排名？ . 2）因为疫情关系，至少3-4个月的比赛取消。所有球员的世界排名将会下滑，世界羽联是否采取冻结世界排名的行动？ . 无论世界羽联怎么做决定，都会是几家欢喜几家愁的状况。已经Qualify的选手让他们再重新再qualify一定会觉得不公平，毕竟每个人也为了进军奥运花了不少精力和费用，；而差点或者还没qualify的选手又再一次，又给了他们新的希望。 如果再重新打开奥运资格赛，又要什么时候开始？有优势的又变成了疫情先受到控制的国家，毕竟经济状况稳定，安心下来训练比所有事都强。 . 世界羽联这次应该左右为难啊，毕竟一碗水端不平。 . 换作是你，你会如何决策？ . （其实我也是在等世界羽联给官方回应，想着总总可能，计划的变动，不过这段时间每个人都不容易，也只能多散播正能量，少埋怨，每件事未雨绸缪，一起度过这个难关，加油！！！） . 《STAY HOME,BE SAFE》 . #奥运延迟 #gohliuying #stayhomebesafe #MCO

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“No matter what the decision of the BWF, it will make some happy and others not. Players who have already qualified for the Olympics will feel it’s unfair for them to try again. For players who have not made it, there is renewed hope for them,” she said.

Prior, several shuttlers including Saina Nehwal and Mads Conrad-Petersen slammed the governing body for going ahead with the All-England Championships, which resulted in a member of the Taiwanese team testing positive for the virus.

The BWF defended their stance to go ahead with the tournament in an open letter, insisting it was done based on best advice at that time.

When contacted by Stadium Astro, the BWF said an announcement on the technical solutions regarding rankings will be announced soon.