CWG 2022: Indian badminton mixed team clinches silver

ANI

Birmingham, August 3

Indian badminton team claimed a silver medal in the mixed group match of the Commonwealth Games 2022 on Tuesday.

The badminton mixed team suffered a 1-3 defeat against Malaysia and had to settle for silver. Only PV Sindhu managed to earn a win in the summit clash against Malaysia in the women's singles match.

In the first match of the tie, India's Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy were locked in a tough first game against Malaysia's Teng Fong Aaron Chia and Wooi Yik. In the neck-to-neck match, the Malaysia duo took the first match 21-18, 21-15.

In the second match of the tie, PV Sindhu took on Jin Wei Goh. The opening game of the match saw the double Olympic medallist playing aggressively to take one game lead over Malayasia's Jin Wei Goh by 22-20.

The star Indian shuttler tried to claim the second game and match by 22-20, 21-17 to pull India back into the match.

In the third match of the tie, Kidambi Srikanth went down 19-21 against Malaysia's Ng Tze Yong in the opening game. The Malaysia player kept his pace and momentum to register a win over Indian ace by 21-19, 6-21, 21-16 in a match that lasted for an hour and six minutes. After the match, Malaysia took a 2-1 lead.

In the fourth match of the fixture, Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand went against Muralitharan Thinaah and Koong Le Pearly Tan. The Indian pair lost the first game by 18-21. The Malaysia pair won the second game by 21-17 to clinch the gold medal.

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