Kidambi Srikanth credits Pullela Gopichand for Indian badminton's recent success

Kidambi Srikanth, who clinched back to back titles, has credited his success to current national coach Pullela Gopichand, saying the latter has been behind all the success of badminton in India.

Srikanth, who gave in the best performances of his career, won Indonesian Open Series and Australian Open Series within a week's time and made the entire nation proud.

The Indian shuttler defeated reigning Olympic champion Chen Long 22-20, 21-16 in the final of the Australia Open Super Series to win his second title in two weeks.