In a historic feat, the Indian Men’s badminton crew on Sunday gained their maiden Thomas cup title, defeating fourteen time champions Indonesia with a commanding 3-0 rating.

The closing match was held at Impact Arena in Bangkok, Thailand.

Earlier

 had struggled to succeed in even the last-four stage since 1979. However, this yr, the crew defeated Malaysia and Denmark earlier than meting out an entire efficiency within the summit conflict.

Lakshya Sen, Kidambi Srikanth and doubles gamers Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy notched up wins because the Indian camp shocked the 14-time champions to win the distinguished crew championship for the primary time ever.

Notably, within the second singles, Kidambi Srikanth outclassed Asian Games gold medallist Jonatan Christie 21-15 23-21 in 48 minutes to seal the historic victory.

Videos of the moments of victory for the India camp emerged because the historic win blew off netizens.

As Srikanth claimed the championship level, the Indian camp rushed to the court docket very quickly. The gamers and help workers had been seen chanting ‘Bharat Mata ki Jai‘ as they etched their names into historical past books.

Watch the video right here

Today’s win put India because the sixth crew within the historical past of the elusive competitors.

Another video emerged as netizens could not management their pleasure.

“Historic win for India in Thomas Cup. Bharat knocked down 14 occasions champion Indonesia”, wrote this Twitter consumer. 

Earlier, younger Lakshya Sen powered India to a 1-0 lead with a come-from-behind 8-21 21-17 21-16 win over world quantity 5 Anthony Sinisuka Ginting. Rankireddy and Shetty then confirmed nerves of metal as they saved 4 match factors within the second sport to defeat Mohammad Ahsan and Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo 18-21 23-21 21-19.

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