India seal place in quarters with 5-0 win over England

Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty. Pic/File Pic

Defending champions India sailed to the knockout stage of the Thomas Cup with a 5-0 rout of England in a Group C contest here on Monday. India notched up a second consecutive win to qualify for the quarter-finals. HS Prannoy returned to winning ways, defeating Harry Huang 21-15, 21-15 to give India a 1-0 lead.

Also Read: Silva to leave Chelsea at end of the season

The star pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty were stretched to three games by Ben Lane and Sean Vendy in the first doubles fixtures before 2022 world champions bronze medallist picked up a 21-17, 19-21, 21-15 win in one hour five minutes. Former World No. 1 Kidambi Srikanth recorded a 21-16, 21-11 victory over Nadeem Dalvi to give India an unassailable 3-0 lead.

This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed, agencies. Mid-day accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability, trustworthiness, reliability and data of the text. Mid-day management/mid-day.com reserves the sole right to alter, delete or remove (without notice) the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever