Congratulating the India badminton workforce for profitable the Thomas Cup for the primary time, Prime Minister Narendra Modi as we speak stated the Indian workforce has scripted historical past and their win will encourage so many upcoming sportspersons throughout the nation.
The prime minister tweeted,” The Indian badminton team has scripted history! The entire nation is elated by India winning the Thomas Cup! Congratulations to our accomplished team and best wishes to them for their future endeavours. This win will motivate so many upcoming sportspersons.”
PM Modi personally rang the workforce in Bangkok to congratulate them, information company AFP reported.
The Indian men’s team etched its name within the historical past books by lifting the maiden Thomas Cup title with a dominant 3-0 win over 14-time champions Indonesia within the remaining in Bangkok as we speak.
Separately, the Union sports activities ministry introduced a money award of ₹1 crore to the Indian males’s badminton workforce.
“India’s extraordinary feat of profitable the Thomas Cup with successive victories over Malaysia, Denmark and Indonesia within the play-offs known as for a rest of guidelines,” stated sports activities minister Anurag Thakur stated in an announcement.
He additionally complimented the coaches and help employees of the Indian workforce for the historic triumph.
“Kidambi Srikanth and HS Prannoy saved a clear slate by profitable every time they stepped on courtroom. The doubles mixture of SatwiksairakjRankireddy and Chirag Shetty raised the bar to win decisive factors in 5 of the six matches, together with all three within the knockout stage,” he stated.
“Lakshya Sen showed nerves of steel in winning the opening match against Indonesia. I am sure that doubles combination of MR Arjun and Dhruv Kapila ad Krishna Prasad Garaga and Panjala Vishnuvardhan Goud as well as Priyanshu Rajawat will have gained immensely by being part of this historic campaign.”