New Delhi [India], April 30 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday expressed his happiness on the Indian males’s doubles duo of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty’s title win on the Badminton Asia Championships.
The star Indian males’s doubles duo of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty made historical past on Sunday by clinching the Badminton Asia Championships gold medal. It is India’s second medal on the match after 1965 and their first within the males’s doubles class.
“Proud of @satwiksairaj and @Shettychirag04 for scripting history by becoming the first Indian Men’s Doubles pair to win the Badminton Asia Championships Title. Congratulations to them and wishing them the very best for their future endeavours,” tweeted PM Modi.
They defeated Ong Yew Sin-Teo Eo Yi, the Malaysian duo by 16-21, 21-17, 21-19. The India duo misplaced the primary sport. But they made a comeback value remembering within the subsequent two video games to clinch the title.
“IT’S A GOLD The wait of 58 years finally comes to an end as our very own Sat-Chi clinch the historic medal. 2nd for after 1965, 1st in MD category: @badmintonphoto @himantabiswa| @sanjay091968| @lakhaniarun1 BAC2023 IndiaontheRise Badminton,” tweeted the Badminton Association of India (BAI) Media.
They confronted Tokyo Olympics champions Lee Yang and Wang Chi-lin from Chinese Taipei within the semifinal match. The Indians received a aggressive first sport by 21-18. But they received the match after their opponents retired halfway via the match attributable to an harm to Wang Chi-lin. The Indians took the match after a walkover. (ANI)