The dazzling duo of Sharath Kamal and Sathiyan Gnanasekaran settled with a silver medal for India in the Table Tennis doubles event in the ongoing Commonwealth Games in Birmingham on Sunday (August 7).
The Indian pair of Sharath and Sathiyan went down to the English duo of Liam Pitchford and Paul Drinkhall 2-3 in the final of the men’s doubles table tennis event.
The Indian duo had to settle for silver for the second successive edition after losing 11-8, 8-11, 3-11, 11-7, 4-11 to the English combine.
It was a repeat of the 2018 final in Gold Coast and to the disappointment of the Indians, it was the same result.
The Indians started the finals with a well-deserved 11-8 win over the pair of Pitchford and Drinkhall to set the tone for the evening.
The home side rushed to a 5-point lead in the second game as they were up 6-1 at one point. But, the resilient combination of Sharath and Sathiyan fought back to cut the lead to a mere point at 5-6. They pushed the game to 8-9 before Pitchford and Drinkhall closed out the game strongly to peg the Indians back at 1-1.
