The humiliating defeat in the final of ICC Champion
Trophy against arch rival Pakistan gave a deep pain to Indians. Srikanth Kidambi gave Indians a pain relief by
his outstanding performance. India's Kidambi Srikanth claimed a first
victory over Olympic and two-time world champion Chen Long to win the
Australian Open Super series final in Sydney. The 11th-ranked Srikanth
outgunned the sixth-ranked Chinese star 22-20, 21-16 in 46 minutes for his
second successive Super series title after winning the Indonesia.
The surge of badminton
from the last 5-6 years has been phenomenal. There are wide ranges of players
coming out to play for the country and represent the nation at international
level. As of now, India has been created history by winning world championship,
Olympic medals and others.
