Commonwealth Games
Commonwealth Games 2022 Badminton Day 2: India beats Australia 4-1 in MIXED TEAM — Scores, Updates, Results, Blog
The Indian badminton team dominated Sri Lanka in the Mixed Team badminton event and won 5-0. They will now take on Australia in the final group match.
An aggressive Kidambi Srikanth sealed his spot in he final. (File photo)
After a fantastic start against Pakistan on Day 1 of the Birmingham Commonwealth Games 2022, defending champions India took on another neighbour, Sri Lanka, and defeated them 5-0.
Lakshya Sen and Aakarshi Kashyap also made their debut today.
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- 30 July 2022 9:26 AM GMT
Lakshya Sen moves too fast, too furious and wins the second game, 21-5!
Lakshya Sen makes his debut with a bang and wins the match for India, winning 21-18, 21-5!
India gets off to a 2-0 lead against neighbours Sri Lanka!
- 30 July 2022 9:19 AM GMT
Lakshya Sen leads at 11-1 in the second game
Lakshya Sen gets into groove and is toying with the opponent now!
- 30 July 2022 9:14 AM GMT
Into Game 2, Lakshya Sen jump smashes away!
Lakshya Sen makes haste and bounds off to a 5-1 lead in the second game, the momentum is with him!
- 30 July 2022 9:02 AM GMT
Lakshya Sen looks fairly confident here and is toying with the shuttle!
Lakshya leads 15-13 in the first game!
- 30 July 2022 8:53 AM GMT
Lakshya Sen gets into groove, the cross-courts come sleek!
It's a tight start to the match as it is 6 ALL on the board but Lakshya Sen, who hasn't really played in the past month, is warming up to the occasion and coming in with his trademark cross-courts!
- 30 July 2022 8:44 AM GMT
Lakshya Sen is in action!
Time for Lakshya Sen to make his debut at the Commonwealth Games as he heads out for India against Sri Lanka
He is up against Niluka Karunaratne!
- 30 July 2022 8:42 AM GMT
Ashwini and Satwik make light work of their opponents and wins the first game!
Ashwini and Satwik breeze through the first match and gets the first win in the bag for India against Sri Lanka, 21-14, 21-9!
We move on to Lakshya Sen!
