Thomas Cup 2022: India against Indonesia Highlights With a 3-0 victory over Indonesia, the Indian men’s badminton team, led by Lakshya Sen, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, Chirag Shetty, and Kidambi Srikanth, wrote history.
Congratulations Team India for winning the Thomas Cup! This has been a journey that you all can be very proud of. 👏🏻 #ThomasCupChampions
— Ajinkya Rahane (@ajinkyarahane88) May 15, 2022
PM is speaks to the badminton team that won the Thomas Cup
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In the second singles, Kidambi Srikanth defeated Jonatan Christie 21-15, 23-21 to secure India’s first gold medal in the competition’s history. Lakshya had earlier stunned world number five Anthony Sinisuka Ginting with a come-from-behind victory.
After that, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty proved their abilities and expertise to overcome Mohammad Ahsan and Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo in the final. By beating Asian Games gold medalist Jonatan Christie 21-15 23-21, Kidambi Srikanth won India’s first-ever Thomas Cup gold title.
- India had never even reached the final of the Thomas Cup before, yet they have shown steely nerves throughout the match.
- Lakshya Sen and the Rankireddy-Shetty doubles duo both came back after dropping their first games.
- In truth, Sen had been thrashed 8-21 by Ginting in the first game. However, he fought back to win the second game 21-17.
- In the third, the Indians put on a show, wowing everyone with their cat-like reflexes and tenacious defense to win the game 21-16.
- The difficult task of going up against Ahsan and Sukamuljo fell to Rankireddy and Shetty. The Indonesians took the first game 21-18.
- They went on to take a large lead in the second game, but Rankireddy-Shetty battled back to win it 23-21 after saving four match points.
- The championship game was a tight encounter with nothing separating the two teams, but the Indians held their nerve to give the squad a 2-0 lead.
- Then it was Srikanth’s turn. The shuttler had been in excellent form throughout the competition and had returned to the festivities.
- He finished the first game against Christie in in 19 minutes. Srikanth was leading 11-8 during the mid-break interval in the second game.
Historic moment for all Indians! 🏸👏🏻
What a day for Indian Badminton.
Congratulations to the whole team on winning our maiden #ThomasCup title. pic.twitter.com/n3VC1naalb
— Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt) May 15, 2022
The Indonesian, on the other hand, rallied to take a 16-13 lead, but Srikanth hung in there and refused to give up.
Srikanth then saved a game point at 20-21 before sealing the game and the match for India, giving them a remarkable victory.
Update: Anurag Thakur Promises a Cash Prize of Rs 1 Crore to the winning Team
