Indian men’s badminton workforce started off their title defence of the Thomas Cup with a dominating gain towards Thailand in the to start with team video game of the match on Saturday.
India defeated Thailand 4-1 and is at this time positioned second in the Team C points table at the rear of Indonesia.
Having the courtroom in the very first match, HS Prannoy was up versus reigning planet winner Kunlavut Vitidsarn. Irrespective of starting well in the to start with match and owning a direct of 20-17, Prannoy permitted Vitidsarn to make a comeback and conceded the initially game 20-22.
He looked out of types in the second game and Vitidsarn gained the to start with match to give Thailand a 1- direct.
In the 2nd match, earth selection a person men’s doubles pair Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty battled out for 65 minutes from the environment amount 52 pair Peeratchai Sukhpun and Pakkapon Teeraratsakul.
Satwik-Chirag received 21-19, 19-21, 21-12 to make it 1-1.
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Lakshya Sen fought an additional prolonged battle of 63 minutes versus Panitchaphon Teeraratsakul and defeated him 21-12, 19-21, 21-16 to give India the direct.
The next Indian men’s doubles combination of MR Arjun and Dhruv Kapila tamed Tanadon Punpanich and Wachirawit Sothon 21-19 21-15 to seal the tie in India’s favour.
In the inconsequential ultimate match of the tie, Kidambi Srikanth manufactured brief function of Saran Jamsri 21-9 21-5 in just 29 minutes.
Previously, the Indian women’s group recorded a convincing gain in the Uber Cup defeating Canada 4-1 in the initially team tie.
The Indian girls will perform Singapore in their next Group A tie in the Uber Cup, although the men’s crew will be up towards England in their 2nd fixture on Monday.