The Indian males’s doubles pair of Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy created historical past on Sunday as they clinched the gold medal after beating Malaysia’s Ong Yew Sin and Teo Ee Yi within the remaining of the Badminton Asia Championships 2023.
Shetty and Rankireddy defeated the Malaysian pair 16-21, 21-17, 21-19 in an exhilarating males’s doubles remaining that lasted an hour and 7 minutes. BAI President Himanta Biswa Sarma introduced 20 lacs as a reward for this historic win by the Indian pair.
This is the first-ever gold medal for India on the Badminton Asia Championships within the males’s doubles class. Dipu Ghosh and Raman Ghosh gained a bronze medal in 1971 once they reached the semi-finals of the competitors. Meanwhile, (*58*) Khanna is the one gold medal winner for India within the males’s singles class within the continental championships. He gained the lads’s singles title again in 1965.Â
Satwik and Chirag are the Asian Champions
They win an exhilarating three setter towards Ong Teo to clinch the Gold
Made two wonderful comebacks in each second set and decider
16-21,21-17,21-19Become the First Indian pair to win the BAC pic.twitter.com/La3LSu2qWM
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Pair awarded for historic win
“I congratulate Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy for creating history at the Badminton Asia Championships. They played brilliantly during the whole tournament. The amount of composure they showed, even in the most crunch situations, is applaudable. This is their first medal in the Badminton Asia Championships and I hope they continue their impressive run in the upcoming competitions as well,” mentioned Sanjay Mishra, General Secretary of the Badminton Association of India.
Shetty and Rankireddy began the ultimate on a brilliant notice and performed some ferocious photographs to get into the appropriate rhythm. They had been behind solely by a degree (10-11) on the midway stage. However, the Indian pair quickly misplaced momentum as Sin and Yi encashed upon their errors to take the primary recreation.
The Malaysian pair continued their momentum within the second recreation as they took (11-6) lead on the midway stage. It appeared throughout for Shetty and Rankireddy however they did not lose hope and made a robust comeback (15-14) earlier than successful the sport to stage the match. The third recreation additionally went all the way down to the wire the place Shetty and Rankireddy reigned supreme to clinch the gold medal.Â
After the match, Shetty said, “I’m over the moon after successful the Badminton Asia Championships title. I and Satwik labored actually onerous for this medal and I’m glad that now we have lastly gained the title. Also, I wish to thank everybody again house for supporting me.
“I am grateful for all the support we have got during the Badminton Asia Championships. It’s a great feeling to win this tournament for the first time and I am sure we will win more such titles in the future. We will continue to work hard to bring laurels to the country,” concluded Rankireddy.
