In a letter sent to the Badminton World Federation, Indian coach and former Olympian and Top 20, Vimal Kumar had pleaded with the world body to reconsider its push for the 15X3 scoring system that could come into action from January 2027. Writing to BWF president, Khunying Patama Leeswadtrakul, the coach had echoed sentiments of several players and coaches around the world, asking for the core ethos of the game to be maintained, while offering other suggestions. “None of the other major sports like tennis, football keep fiddling with their scoring format or match duration like this,” he told the Indian Express. “Next will be plastic shuttles,” he sighed. Here is the letter written by Vimal to BWF: ” I am a former international player from India, an Olympian (1992), former world top-20 player, and currently deeply involved in high-performance coaching and athlete development. My views are based on decades of direct experience as a player, coach, and administrator.…