Prime Minister Narendra Modi hailed the Indian men's badminton team defeated Indonesia 3-0 to lift their maiden Thomas Cup title in Thailand's capital Bangkok. Lakshya Sen, Kidambi Srikanth and doubles players Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy registered wins as the Indian camp stunned the 14-time champions.
India’s first Thomas Cup triumph was a result of strong bonding and a genuine desire to succeed as a team, its seniormost--unbeaten through the campaign--member says
What they brought along, and used to fashion this tall achievement, was a multitude of threads that have been stitched together for a decade or so now.