The Indian girls’s badminton crew on Sunday scripted historical past after they received maiden Badminton Asia Championships title in Malaysia’s Selangor. The Indian girls’s badminton crew defeated Thailand by 3-2 within the remaining match to pay money for their first-ever medal on the prestigious Badminton Asia Championships. India displayed a high quality efficiency on the Badminton Asia Championships as they beat China, Hong Kong and Japan on the highway to the ultimate. Olympic medallist PV Sindhu began for Staff India and beat the Seventeenth-ranked Supanida Katethong 21-12, 21-12. Sindhu dominated her Thai opponents within the opening singles rubber and ended the sport in simply 39 minutes.

Within the second sport, Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand stepped up but once more. Jolly-Gayatri clinched a win over Jongkolphan Kititharakul and Rawinda Prajongjai by 21-16, 18-21, 21-16 to present India a 2-0 lead.

Nonetheless, Thai badminton gamers gave a fightback with Busanan Ongbamrungphan defeating Ashmita Chaliha by 21-11, 21-14 within the second singles rubber of the tie.

Priya Konjengbam and Shruti Mishra then misplaced 21-11, 21-9 to Benyapa Aimsaard and Nuntakarn Aimsaard, and took the match to the ultimate spherical.

The 17-year-old Anmol Kharb needed to play a pivotal within the remaining spherical nonetheless, he didn’t disappoint. Whereas dealing with world No. 45 Pornpicha Choeikeewong in a high-pressure deciding match, Kharb walked away with a 21-14, 21-9 win handy India a historic win within the match.

“Make method for the historical past makers, the women of India #Badminton. Kudos to those powerhouses as they clinch Indian Ladies’s Staff’s FIRST-EVER medal at #BadmintonAsiaChampionships, smashing by way of obstacles to emerge as CHAMPIONS in opposition to Thailand. Many congratulations to all! This can certainly be a Sunday to recollect,” the Sports activities Authority of India (SAI) wrote on their official X (previously X) account.

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— SAI Media (@Media_SAI) February 18, 2024

Earlier on Saturday, the Indian girls’s badminton crew defeated Japan by 3-2 in an exhilarating semifinal.

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