India scripted a historic win by lifting their maiden Thomas Cup.

Key points

• The Indian Badminton Team defeated 14-time champions Indonesia by 3-0 in Bangkok, Thailand.
• Thomas Cup is an international badminton competition. The 16 teams that compete for the prestigious title are representing member nations of the Badminton World Federation (BWF).
• The championship was started by a legendary badminton player of England Sir George Alan Thomas, who was inspired by Tennis’s Davis Cup and Football’s World Cup.
• Team India had participated in 1952 for the first time in this tournament and after a wait of 70 years, they have finally clinched the title.
• This is so far the best performance of India in the competition, the last time the country was closest to the title was in the year 1979 when they made it to the semi-finals.