The Indian men’s badminton team reached a new high by winning the Thomas Cup title in Bangkok on Sunday. The Indian side became only the sixth to win the coveted tournament, often considered the sport’s world team championship. India defeated 14-time winners Indonesia 3-0 in the final. In the title match, World Championship medalists Lakshya Sen and Kidambi Srikanth won their singles matches, while the doubles team of Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy also won their match. It was truly a memorable achievement.
After the win, Prannoy told NDTV how he had created a WhatsApp group for the members of the Thomas Cup team. “I made that WhatsApp group. The name was ‘It’s Coming Home’ and it really hit home. That group was very important and important. Wanted a group that had all the players because there are so many things you can’t do for everyone.” Share it with anyone. The players could discuss things very freely. And that really helped. We had issues and setbacks. We lost to Chinese Taipei in the group stage,” Prannoy said.
“It was very important to regroup after that loss. The (WhatsApp) group helped every player a lot. We could just express what was needed.”
Prannoy’s teammate and doubles player Shetty has now shared a screenshot of the group. He revealed that the group was formed on 30 April and they won the title a fortnight later.
30/04/2022 We created the group. 15/05/2022 We actually brought it home. The group’s name is “It’s Coming Home TUC”. PS This is the real SS of our chat! #thomaskop pic.twitter.com/Wb8bG3rbcI
— chirag shetty (@shettychirag04) 17 May 2022
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In the final on Sunday, Sen first beat Anthony Ginting in the singles match to take India 2-0 and then Rankireddy-Shetty beat Mohammad Ahsan and Kevin Sukamuljo in doubles.
It fell to former world No 1 Srikanth to seal the gold medal for India and he did the same to guide India to a 3-0 win.
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