Historic Badminton Thomas Cup 2022 Indian Performance
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India made an historic performance in Thomas Cup 2022. In the finals, India defeated the 14 times champion Indonesia.
Highlights Finals of of Indian Team in Thomas Cup 2022
Lakshya Sen defeated Anthony Ginting by 8-21, 21-17, 21-16.
Double pair of India- Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty defeated Mohammad Ahsan-Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo by 18-21, 23-21, 21-19. This made India another lead by 2-0.
In the third game India’s Kidambi Srikanth defeated Jonatan Christie by 21-15, 23-21 and made the lead 3-0.
Indian team won Thomas Cup without losing any match which is really historic!!!!
Anurag Thakur announces ₹1 crore cash award for Indian Badminton men’s team
All the Indian players played exceptionally well. Sports Minister Anurag Thakur has announced ₹1 crore cash award for Indian badminton men’s team to encourage the game and for winning Thomas Cup trophy by showing historic game in Thailand.
The sports minister said in a report, “A 10-week National Camp starting January helped raise fitness levels of the players. The support to engage Mathias Boe as coach to assist the doubles combinations has been significant as well, Over the past four years, the Ministry has extended funding worth ₹67.19 crore to the Indian badminton players towards training and competition, including salaries of foreign and Indian coaches.”
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