India's men’s badminton team secures historic medal at Asian Games after 37 years, Himanta Biswa Sarma congratulates

The Indian Team will now face the winner between Indonesia and Korea in the semifinal for a spot in the finals.

Indian men's badminton team on September 29 scripted history by securing a medal at the Asian Games after 37 years as they beat Nepal 3-0 in the quarterfinals in Hangzhou, China on September 29.

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma who is also the incumbent president of the Badminton Association of India (BAI) took to microblogging site X to congratulate the team and said that it was indeed brilliant and terrific performance.

He posted, " This is brilliant! After 37 years, our men's team will secure a medal in badminton for Bharat at the Asian Games. Many congratulations for storming into the semi finals after your terrific performance of 3-0 in the match against Nepal."

This is brilliant!

After 37 years, our men's team will secure a medal in badminton for Bharat at the Asian Games.

Many congratulations for storming into the semi finals after your terrific performance of 3-0 in the match against Nepal. https://t.co/x8SSi7vDW1
— Himanta Biswa Sarma (@himantabiswa) September 29, 2023

The Indian Team will now face the winner between Indonesia and Korea in the semifinal for a spot in the finals.

The Indian team without breaking a sweat cruised into the semifinals of the 19th Asian Games. Lakshya Sen began it off, Kidambi Shrikanth followed and Mithun Manjunath completed it off, all in straight games without any trouble.

In the first match of the tie, Lakshya Sen defeated Prince Dahal 21-5, 21-8 to give India a 1-0 lead. Later in the second match of the tie, former World No. 1 Kidambi Srikanth in a straight set defeated Sunil Joshi 21-4, 21-13. The Nepal shuttler was not any match to the Indian in terms of skillset. Joshi was only able to score all four points in the first game and handed an easy win to Kidambi. The second set of the match saw a little bit of a fightback from Joshi but it was not enough to stop Kidambi raced away to a comfortable win in the match.In the third game of the tie, Mithun Manjunath overpowered Bishnu Katuwal 21-2, 21-7 to seal a place in the semifinals for his team. Dominant Manjunath left no stone unturned in assuring India a place in the semis.

Edited By: Bikash Chetry

Published On: Sep 29, 2023