IND men's contingent feature in Thomas Cup 2026
India opened the tournament with a 4-1 win over Canada
Indian men's team have lifted the crown back in 2022
IND men's contingent feature in Thomas Cup 2026
India opened the tournament with a 4-1 win over Canada
Indian men's team have lifted the crown back in 2022
The Indian men's contingent will look to carry on the winning momentum from their opening Group A tie against Canada into the Australia tie, on Monday, April 27 in Horsens, Denmark.
India's badminton star Lakshya Sen suffered a a 18-21, 21-19, 21-10 loss to world No. 13 Victor Lai but world No. 4 Satwik and Chirag levelled the tie with a dominant 21-10 21-11 win over Jonathan Bing Tsan Lai and Kevin Lee.
Then 20-year-old Ayush Shetty defeated no. 33 Brian Yang 21-13, 21-17 in 39 minutes to hand India a 2-1 lead. The second doubles pair of Hariharan Amsakarunan and M R Arjun sealed the tie for India with a convincing 21-7 21-15 victory over Ty Alexander Lindeman and Nyl Yakura.
Kidambi Srikanth then outsmarted world No. 77 Joshua Nguyen 21-17 21-12 in the inconsequential fifth match as India wrapped up the match 4-1 to be placed second in the table behind China.
Australia come into this tie on the back of a 0-5 thumping at the hands of China.
Lakshya Sen, Ayush Shetty, Kidambi Srikanth, HS Prannoy, Kiran George, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, Chirag Shetty, Hariharan Amsakarunan, MR Arjun, Dhruv Kapila.
The India vs Australia, Thomas Cup 2026 Group A Round 2 tie will be played on Monday, April 27 at 12pm IST.
One can catch the live streaming of the Thomas & Uber Cup 2026 on the JioHotstar app and website. Live telecast of the Thomas & Uber Cup will be available on the Star Sports Network’s TV channels in India.