Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted on his Twitter praising the performance of the Indian men’s badminton team of creating a history by defeating Indonesia 3-0 to win their first-ever Thomas Cup Gold .
“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.”
On Sunday, Indian men’s badminton team won the Thomas Cup in the final at Bangkok. Lakshya Sen, Kidambi Srikanth and the doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty created history as the Indian men’s badminton team defeated Indonesia 3-0 to win their first-ever Thomas Cup gold. India continued their robust run in the tournament and inflicted a clean sweep on the tournament’s most successful team of all time to register a maiden Thomas Cup title.
The world championship bronze medalist Lakshya leading off the show with a 8-12 23-21 21-19 win over Anthony Sinisuka Ginting, world number five in rank on five-round match. Where in the pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shety then create another great show of determination and defeated Indonesia’s Mohammad Ahsan and Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo with a 18-21 23-21 21-19. The second single is very interesting as Kidambi Srikanth the outclassed Asian games gold medalist take down the Jonathan Christie less than an hour to the final with 21-15 23-21.
Modiji himself interacted with the Indian team by phone call and have a long conversation with each of them that shared the video on his Twitter.
