CWG 2022: Indian badminton team scored another victory in the group match of the Commonwealth Games by thrashing Sri Lanka 5-0 in their Group A match. With this victory, they have almost sealed their place in the quarter-finals. The mixed doubles duo of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Ashwini Ponnappa started the first tie against the duo of Sachin Dias and Thilini Hendahewa. Follow InsideSport.IN for CWG 2022 Live Updates
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The Indian duo started the first game well and took a lead. But they later squandered it with Lankans gaining a 7-4 lead. Indian players made a comeback with some good shots, cut the deficit and won the first game 21-14. They won the second game by an even more convincing margin of 21-9 and sealed the first tie.
In the second tie, star shuttler Lakshya Sen took on Niluka Karunaratne. Sen did not get a good start as he was trailing 5-3 in the initial stage of the tie. But he managed to keep his nerves and attained 11-9 lead just before the interval. He then did not look back and finished the game 21-18. In the next game, he crushed Karunaratne 21-5 and sealed the tie.
In the next tie, Aakarshi Kashyap was in action against Suhasini Vidanage in women’s singles. Aakarshi was off to a stunning start and squashed her opponent in the first game 21-3. She sealed the next game 21-9.
The next tie featured India’s Sumeeth Reddy and Chirag Shetty against Sri Lanka’s Sachin Dias and Dumindu Abeywickrama. They beat the Sri Lankan duo 21-10, 21-13.
In the final tie, the Indian women’s doubles duo of Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand took on Thilini Hendahewa and Vidara Suhasni and finished it 21-18, 21-6.
India had on Friday thrashed Pakistan 5-0 in the opening match of the group team event in the Group A tie of Commonwealth Games 2022.
CWG 2022: Lakshya Sen and co thrash Sri Lanka 5-0 to help India seal quarterfinals slot in Birmingham
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