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Thomas Cup - Chirag Shetty - Tanisha Crasto - Thomas Cup Winners Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty Pull Out Of Thailand Open - sports.ndtv.com - France - Denmark - China - Japan - Tokyo - India - Thailand - county Thomas - Malaysia

Thomas Cup Winners Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty Pull Out Of Thailand Open

Star doubles pairing of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty, who played a pivotal role in India's historic Thomas Cup triumph, pulled out of the Thailand Open Super 500 tournament beginning on Tuesday. It is learnt that Chirag suffered some niggles during the tournament and the pair has informed the Badminton Association of India on Monday about their decision to skip the event this week. The world No. 8 pair had lost just one match in the Thomas Cup -- against Chinese Taipei and brought India back into the contest after initial reversals against Malaysia and Denmark in the quarterfinals and semifinal.

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Thomas Cup - Chirag Shetty - Tanisha Crasto - Thomas Cup winners Satwik-Chirag pull out of Thailand Open - timesofindia.indiatimes.com - France - Denmark - China - Japan - Tokyo - India - Thailand - county Thomas - Malaysia

Thomas Cup winners Satwik-Chirag pull out of Thailand Open

Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty, who played a pivotal role in India's historic Thomas Cup triumph, pulled out of the Thailand Open Super 500 tournament beginning on Tuesday. It is learnt that Chirag suffered some niggles during the tournament and the pair has informed the Badminton Association of India on Monday about their decision to skip the event this week.

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Anthony Ginting - How HS Prannoy and Kidambi Srikanth proved to be the 'Zen masters' of India's Thomas Cup triumph - timesofindia.indiatimes.com - Denmark - Tokyo - Indonesia - India - Thailand - Malaysia - Bangkok

How HS Prannoy and Kidambi Srikanth proved to be the 'Zen masters' of India's Thomas Cup triumph

Bangkok, dressed in pristine whites, they numbered nine. The tenth member, Lakshya Sen, was already in Thailand; but the news about him was not good. He had flown in carrying a stomach bug he caught possibly from something he ate before boarding the flight from Bengaluru. Ten days later, Lakshya would turn up in India's first rubber of a dream Thomas Cup Final against Indonesia, He got hammered in the first game 8-21 by Tokyo Olympics bronze medallist Anthony Ginting. "I thought he would lose." That was Vimal Kumar's thought, sitting inside Bangkok's Impact Arena with the Indian squad. Lakshya, 'the baby of the team' who has grown in the past year to stun some of the finest exponents of the sport, went on to beat Ginting at his own game over the next 45 minutes. He won 8-21, 21-16, 21-17 to give India a rousing start.

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Jonatan Christie - Kidambi Srikanth - Indian Badminton Heroics Knock Even Cricket Off Front Pages - sports.ndtv.com - Indonesia - India - Thailand - Bangkok

Indian Badminton Heroics Knock Even Cricket Off Front Pages

India's historic first Thomas Cup crown was splashed across front pages Monday with some people saying it can be a turning point for badminton much like the country's maiden cricket World Cup title in 1983. Coming in as underdogs against 14-time champions Indonesia, a ruthless India won the final of the men's team championship on Sunday in Bangkok to propel badminton to a rare place on centre stage in the cricket-crazy nation.

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Jonatan Christie - Indian badminton heroics at Thomas Cup knock even cricket off front pages - channelnewsasia.com - Indonesia - India - Thailand - New Delhi - Bangkok

Indian badminton heroics at Thomas Cup knock even cricket off front pages

NEW DELHI: India's historic first Thomas Cup crown was splashed across front pages Monday (May 16) with some people saying it can be a turning point for badminton much like the country's maiden cricket World Cup title in 1983.

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Jonatan Christie - Indian badminton's Thomas Cup heroics knock even cricket off front pages - timesofindia.indiatimes.com - Indonesia - India - Thailand - Bangkok

Indian badminton's Thomas Cup heroics knock even cricket off front pages

Thomas Cup crown was splashed across front pages Monday with some people saying it can be a turning point for badminton much like the country's maiden cricket World Cup title in 1983. Coming in as underdogs against 14-time champions Indonesia, a ruthless India won the final of the men's team championship on Sunday in Bangkok to propel badminton to a rare place on centre stage in the cricket-crazy nation. World number 11 Kidambi Srikanth defeated higher-ranked Jonatan Christie to wrap up a 3-0 victory and trigger wild celebrations in the Indian camp as their players stormed the court with the national flag.

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Jonatan Christie - Kevin Sanjaya - Chirag Shetty - Kidambi Srikanth - "...Charter Plane Back": Thomas Cup Winner Chirag Shetty Quips After Air India Post - sports.ndtv.com - Indonesia - India - Sanjaya - Bangkok

"...Charter Plane Back": Thomas Cup Winner Chirag Shetty Quips After Air India Post

Thomas Cup was one title that had evaded the Indian men's badminton side for the longest time, but that ended on Sunday as India defeated Indonesia in the final to clinch the gold medal. As soon as, the final point was won by Kidambi Srikanth, tributes started pouring in on Twitter and Air India was among the ones to congratulate the men's badminton team on making history.

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Jonatan Christie - Kidambi Srikanth - HS Prannoy Tells NDTV How A WhatsApp Group Helped In India's Historic Thomas Cup Win - sports.ndtv.com - China - Indonesia - India - Malaysia

HS Prannoy Tells NDTV How A WhatsApp Group Helped In India's Historic Thomas Cup Win

India made history on Sunday by winning the Thomas Cup for the first time with a stunning 3-0 win over defending champions Indonesia in the final. India, competing in their debut final of the men's team championship, sealed the title when Kidambi Srikanth defeated higher-ranked Jonatan Christie. With India clinching the title within the first three matches meant that HS Prannoy didn't get an opportunity to take the court. But the shuttler had played a crucial part in India even reaching the final, coming to the fore when the team needed a win the most. Speaking after the historic triumph, Prannoy, in an exclusive interview with NDTV, said that he had made a WhatsApp group by the name of 'It's coming home' and revealed that it played a big role in India's win.

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