Newly crowned Orleans Masters champions Chen Tang Jie-Toh Ee Wei were among the Sudirman Cup formidable line-up announced by the Badminton Association of Malaysia (BAM) on Wednesday.

As expected, the likes of Lee Zii Jia, Ng Tze Yong, Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik, Ong Yew Sin-Teo Ee Yi, and Pearly Tan-M. Thinaah made the 20-member shortlist announced for the team event to be held from May 14-21 in Suzhou, China.

With Goh Jin Wei and promising women’s singles shuttler K. Letshaana also in the mix, the national contingent will be out to get past a challenging Group C consisting of India, Chinese Taipei and Australia.

In the last edition in 2021, Malaysia reached the semis as they were knocked out by Japan.

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Meanwhile, Lee Chong Wei was appointed as badminton team manager for the country's Road To Gold Programme.

Lee is expected to play a more hands-on role with the 11 shuttlers selected for the programme created to win Malaysia its first Olympic gold medal.

“This is an enormous opportunity, and if appointed I am ready to take it on and play my part to help Malaysia,” said Lee.