Bangkok: India kissed the Thomas Cup for the first time. The 74-year-old Indian men’s team wins the Thomas Cup Badminton Championship for the first time. India defeated 14-time tournament champions Indonesia 3-0 to clinch the title. Lakshmi Sen and Kidambi Srikanth won the singles final for India, while world number eight Satviksairaj Rangireddy and Chirag Shetty led India to their first Thomas Cup title in doubles.
Malayalee player H.S. The Indian team enters the final with the help of Pranoy. Lakshya Sen gave India their first lead by beating Indonesia’s Olympic bronze medalist Anthony Sinisuka by two sets to one. Score: 8-21, 21-17, 21-16. Later, the Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty duo thrashed the Indonesian team by two sets to one to extend India’s lead.
Score: 18-21, 23-21, 21-19. In the final, Srikanth, India’s number one player in singles, won the first Thomas Cup for India following a 48 – minute struggle. Srikanth defeated Indonesia’s Asian Games gold medalist Jonathan Christie 21-15, 23-21 to win the title.
