India's Schedule At Olympics 2024 Day 1: The first day of the Paris Olympics 2024 will see several top Indian athletes in action
Padukone picked Satwik-Chirag in men's doubles, Sindhu in women's singles and Lakshya Sen and HS Prannoy in men's singles as possible medal contenders.
India will be aiming to better their tally of seven from the Tokyo Olympics.
Satwik is one of India's brightest medal hopes at Paris Olympics 2024.
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty became the first ever Indian doubles pair to achieve world no. 1 ranking.
Paris Olympics 2024: IOA on Wednesday announced that 117 athletes, including seven reserves, will be part of India's contingent at the Games.
The former world no 1 pair has been clubbed in group C where Indonesia's world number six combination of Fajar Alfian and Muhammad Rian Ardianto will be their toughest opponent.
PV Sindhu will be aiming for a third Olympic medal, while men's doubles duo Satwik-Chirag are expected to perform well.
Chirag Shetty insisted that while he has nothing against the cricketers, the government should treat all sports equally.
Chirag Shetty said he and his partner have addressed the "new challenge" and remains confident of negotiating it during the Paris Games.