Commonwealth Games 2022: Chirag Shetty-Satwiksairaj Rankireddy bring India's third gold medal in badminton - Watch

India's badminton team had a day to remember as they wn 3 back to back gold medals on last day of the Commonwealth Games 2022. The last gold was clinched by India's star doubles pair of Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy who won the country's third gold from the badminton court with a straight game victory over England's Ben Lane and Sean Mendy at the Commonwealth Games. The Indian duo won 21-15, 21-13.

Gold Number 21 is here
RANKIREDDY & SHETTY DID IT.
Another gold for India in badminton .
Jai Hind#CommonwealthGames2022 pic.twitter.com/7UTZJHA9Fl

— Manish__ (@manibhaii16) August 8, 2022

India thus finished a fantastic badminton campaign with three gold, one silver and two bronze.

Smashing their way into history books!

An absolute delight to watch Satwik and Chirag pick up their Doubles Gold with such ease after defeating England.

Satwik's victory dance was the icing on the cake! Congratulations to the duo!#CWG2022 pic.twitter.com/HtDafx7lWO — Anurag Thakur (@ianuragthakur) August 8, 2022

The Satwik-Chirag pair followed double Olympic medallist PV Sindhu and All England runners-up Lakshya Sen, who also won yellow metals on the day. The silver came in team championship and the bronze medals were won by Kidambi Srikanth in the men's singles and Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand in the women's doubles.

With PTI inputs