After the historic victory of the Indian men’s badminton team, Union Sports Minister Anurag Thakur announced a cash prize of Rs 1 crore to the Indian team.
Today, the Indian men’s badminton team created history by defeating 14-time winners Indonesia to win the Thomas Cup for the first time in 73 years. India, playing the final match for the first time, defeated the Indonesian team 3-0. In this title battle of five matches, India won three consecutive wins. These included two singles and one doubles.
Earlier, after winning the singles in the second match of the final, won the doubles match. The Indian pair of Chirag Shetty and Satwik Sairaj Rankireddy lost the first game, then won the second and third games to win the match. After this, the experienced Kindabi Srikanth played a key role in the victory. World No-11 Srikanth beat his higher-ranked Jonathan Christie 21-15, 23-21 in straight games. The match lasted 48 minutes. In the first singles, Lakshya Sen defeated Anthony Sinisuka Ginting 8-21, 21-17, 21-16. After that Lakshya made a spectacular comeback and won the second game. They won 21-17. After that, winning the third game also 21-16 gave India a 1-0 lead. Chirag Shetty and Satwik got defeated in the first game of doubles. Indonesia’s Mohamed Ahsan and Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo won the game 21-18 in 17 minutes. Chirag Shetty and Satwik Sairaj Rankireddy made a comeback in the second game to beat the pair of Mohammad Ahsan and Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo 23-21. After this, winning the third game 21-19 won the match.
After this historic victory, the Indian men’s badminton team was showered with bounties. Union Sports Minister Anurag Thakur has announced a cash prize of Rs 1 crore to the Indian team for winning the Thomas Cup 2022 for the first time. This is the first time that the Sports Ministry has announced a reward for winning any badminton tournament other than the Olympic, Asian and Commonwealth Games. Anurag Thakur wrote while announcing the prize for the Indian winning team, as the Indian defeated 14-time Thomas Cup champions Indonesia (3-0) to win their first ever Thomas Cup. The team is proud to announce a cash prize of ₹1 Crore to acknowledge this unparalleled achievement! Earlier, congratulating the team, he wrote on Twitter, “Congratulations to the Indian men’s badminton team on winning the Thomas Cup! With consecutive victories over Malaysia, Denmark and Indonesia, this extraordinary achievement demands equal respect by the nation.
At the same time, the Prime Minister of the country, Narendra Modi also congratulated the winning team of India. He wrote on Twitter, Indian badminton team created history! Entire nation is excited about India winning the Thomas Cup! Congratulations to our efficient team and best wishes for their future endeavours. This win will inspire many upcoming players.
It is worth noting that so far the Thomas Cup has been held 32 times and only five countries have been able to become winners. India has become the sixth country to win this tournament. Indonesia is the most successful team in the Thomas Cup. So far, he has won the title 14 times. The Chinese team, which has been participating in this tournament since 1982, has won 10 titles and Malaysia has won 5 titles. Japan and Denmark both have one title each. The Thomas Cup has always been won by Asian countries. Denmark was the first non-Asian team to win the title in 2016.
