Thomas Cup 2026: India Thrash Australia 5-0 To Enter Quarterfinals

 

The Indian badminton team reached the quarterfinals of Thomas Cup with a resounding 5-0 win over Australia in second Group A game played at Horsens, Denmark on 27th April 2026.

Lakshya Sen began with an emphatic win over E Stephen Ram in two straight games. It was a dominating performance by Sen keeping his opponent under pressure winning with 21-14, 21-16 scoreline. The second game was a closely fought affair with Ram providing some fight, but Sen showed his class to win it in 37 minutes.

Ayush Shetty completely decimated S Dhand in the second singles. It was an impressive performance by Shetty keeping Dhand under pressure and did not allow any chances to his opponent winning with 21-8, 21-6 scoreline in just 26 minutes to make it 2-0 in the tie.

The men’s doubles pairing of Satwik/Chirag defeated R Hidayat and J YU in two straight games. Hidayat and Yu gave some fight to the Indian pairing in both games. The Indian pairing put on superb display winning by 21-14, 21-16 scoreline in 38 minutes as India took an unassailable 3-0 lead in the tie.

HS Prannoy produced another dominating display in the third singles getting past R Boothpathy in two straight games. Prannoy showed his class right from the word go keeping his opponent pressure winning the first game by 21-11. Despite some fight by Boothpathy, Prannoy proved too much as he won with 21-17 scoreline to make it 4-0 for India.

H Amsakarunan and MR Arjun registered dominating two straight game win over E Stephen Ram/Ramadiansyah. It was an impressive performance by the Indian pairing winning by 21-12, 21-10 scoreline to finish the tie at 5-0.

With this win, Indian team made it into the top 8s stage along with China in Group A. India are currently at the top as China won their match against Canada by 4-1.

Indian team will China in their final league game to decide the table topper of Group A to be played tomorrow.

Results of India vs Australia, Group A (Thomas Cup 2026)

1.      Lakshya Sen defeated E Stephen Ram-21-14, 21-16 (Men’s Singles)

2.      Ayush Shetty defeated S Dhand-21-8, 21-6(Men’s Singles)

3.      Satwik/Chirag defeated Hidayat/J Yu-21-14, 21-16 (Men’s Doubles)

4.      HS Prannoy defeated Boothpathy-21-11, 21-17 (Men’s Singles)

5.      Amsakarunan/MR Arjun defeated Stephen Ram/Ramadiansyah-21-12, 21-10 (Men’s Doubles)




 

 




India thrash Australia by 5-0 to enter quarterfinals of Thomas Cup 2026 

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