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Commonwealth Games 2022 Badminton Mixed Team Finals LIVE: India lose to Malaysia, wins silver — Scores, Medal, Updates, Blog
India failed to defend their gold against Malaysia in the Mixed Team badminton event finals at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games and won silver.
An aggressive Kidambi Srikanth sealed his spot in he final. (File photo)
The Indian badminton team failed to defend their title in the Mixed Team badminton event as they lost to a strong Malaysian side 3-1. The Indian badminton team won silver at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games 2022.
After Satwik-Chirag lost a crucial opening game, PV Sindhu won an important clash and Kidambi Srikanth lost a tense decider, the young pair of Gayatri Gopichand and Treesa Jolly failed to deliver in the pressure situation despite putting on a great show.
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- 2 Aug 2022 5:08 PM GMT
A lot of pressure on India
The Malaysians come all-out attacking here and lead 9-7!
- 2 Aug 2022 5:04 PM GMT
The Malaysians attack away as the Indian pair feel the pressure
A few errors creep in from Chirag now as his return finds the net.
The Malaysians lead 7-5. Satwik-Chirag need answers now!
- 2 Aug 2022 5:02 PM GMT
Good defense from the Indians as they lead 3-2
Satwik-Chirag stay patient in the rallies and defend away!
- 2 Aug 2022 5:01 PM GMT
Chirag comes in with the jump smash, Indians trail at 1-2
Extremely good display of badminton from both sides here
- 2 Aug 2022 4:59 PM GMT
Mathias Boe comes in, asks Satwik-Chirag to keep enjoying the game, not take pressure
What a high-octane opening game that way! Satwik-Chirag will need to keep calm and charge!
- 2 Aug 2022 4:58 PM GMT
The Oly bronze medallists take 6-points on the trot to win the first game, 21-18
Argh, this was a very close miss as the Malaysian duo really step it up and Sawtik-Chirag make errors to concede the game to the Malaysians, 21-18!
The second game will be very very crucial!
