Asian Games Badminton: Indian team wins silver medal in badminton! Gold Medal Briefly

Pudhari Online Desk : Asian Games Badminton : On Sunday, the Indian Men’s Badminton Association lost 3-2 to the Chinese Association in the Asian Games Championship. This was rightly considered to be the solution to the Indian Sanghala’s silver medal. Or the gold medal for Samanya East Indian Sanghala would have been a big shock. Due to injury I couldn’t play the final match. But the Indian host did not waver and the Chinese sanghala felt bitter anger. Lakshya Sen, Kidambi Srikanth, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, Chirag Shetty, Dhruv Kapila, MR Arjun displayed fighting style.

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Lakshya Sene gave birth to Bharatala

In the first match, Lakshya Sen and Shi Yu would have faced each other. In which Lakshya Sen won and the Indian team won the gold medal match by 1-0. There was a bitter fight in the first game between Lakshya and Xi Yu. Lakshya won the first game 22-20. After this, Xi Yuchi made a tremendous comeback. Due to which the Indian players went backfoot. Shi Yu won the game 21-14 in Asa Jinkun match. After this, in the third and decisive game itself, the Chinese players gained a big lead by applying pressure on the target. The target at one point was 13-9. After this, the Indian player played Jhunjhar and tied the score at 16-16. After this, Lakshya did not give any chance to make a comeback and the game was won 21-18. Yes, he faced me rightly.

Spontaneous victory of Chirag-Satvik

In the second match, Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy faced men’s doubles pair of Yong Duo Liang and Weng Cheng. Chirag-Satvikne first game 21-15 Asa Sahaj Jinkala. Or the Indian pair dominated the match and did not allow the Chinese pair to get the upper hand. After this, Chirag-Satvik won the second game 21-18. In this way, both of them gave Bharatala Chinawar a 2-0 lead.

China’s comeback, India’s two consecutive defeats

In the third match, India’s Kidambi Srikantcha will face Ekerit Shifeng Lishi Jhala. Shifeng defeated Srikanth 24-22 in the first game. After this, in the second game, Shifeng did not give Srikantla a chance to make a comeback and kept the challenge of China in the tournament by winning 21-9. Aghadi became 2-1 only after the victory of Shifeng. After that, China maintained its dominance in the fourth match itself. Their Liu Yuchen and Au Zhuani tied with Dhruv Kapil and Sai Prateek or Jodivar by winning 2-2 each. The Indian pair suffered a 21-6, 21-15 defeat. Yes, China won the gold medal in the third encounter.

China won its third consecutive match

In the fifth and decisive match, the Indians would be eyeing Mithun Manjunath. In the singles match, Weng Hongyang won both consecutive games comfortably. Venge won the first game 21-12 and the second game 21-4. However, China won the gold medal for the third time in a row and India considered it a solution by winning the gold medal.

Indian men have never won a gold medal in badminton in the Asian Games till date. In this competition, India has won only bronze medal in 1974, 1982 and 1986. The Indian Association will be successful in winning the Gold Medal in Zinc for the first time in 61 years. Men’s badminton competitive event has been played in the Asian Games since 1962.