CWG 2018 Badminton: All credits to Gopichand for historic gold

Indian Badminton created history by winning first ever gold in the Mixed-Team Badminton event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia, after defeating three-time defending champion Malaysia with 3-1 in the finals on Monday.

Ashwini Ponnappa, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, Kidambi Srikanth, Chirag Shetty, and Saina Nehwal staged well in the summit clash.

World No. 2 Kidambi Srikanth defeated World No. 6 Lee Chong Wei, for the first time, in the marquee clash and the crowd went frenzy at the Carrara Sports Arena 2.

Celebrations poured in when Saina Nehwal defeated Soniia Cheah with 21-11, 19-21, 21-9. She embraced the teammates with euphoria after the match.

After the momentous achievement, the players expressed their joy through social media posts.

Moments after the match yesterday with my friends..#CommonwealthGames2018 #badminton #Goldcoast @PRANNOYHSPRI @pranaav6 @Shettychirag04 ☺️☺️ pic.twitter.com/J8sTzEzPQL

— Saina Nehwal (@NSaina) April 10, 2018

Yayyyyyy 🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳 we created the history🥇🥇🥇 #gc2018badminton #mixedteamevent This is just the beginning guys💪💪💪 will bring more medals in individual event. Let’s go India let’s go 🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳 Thank you all for supporting us 🙏🙏🙏🙏 pic.twitter.com/uSSdFKUhCf

— sikkireddy (@sikkireddy) April 9, 2018

Yaaaay🥇🙌🏻❤️Well done Team 🇮🇳💪🏼👏🏼😊 #gc2018 #mixedteameventgc2018

A post shared by Ashwini Ponnappa (@p9ashwini) on Apr 9, 2018 at 7:14am PDT

A great win today for team. First ever Gold Medal for team India in Commonweath games.Big congratulations to everyone who’s been part of this wonderful team. Thank you coaches and support staff for your support and guidance. Thank you all the fans for your support. pic.twitter.com/iemHdejD8a

— Kidambi Srikanth (@srikidambi) April 9, 2018

All credits to this man for getting Indian Badminton to this level and for guiding us each and everyday to become better sportspersons 🙏🙏🙏 #pullelagopichand pic.twitter.com/TM1snDaO4c

— PRANNOY HS (@PRANNOYHSPRI) April 10, 2018