India lift historic gold in men's TT team

Gold Coast. Australia, Apr 09: Team India clinched a historic gold in men's table tennis, beating Nigeria 3-0 in the final of the event at the 21st Commonwealth Games here on Monday.

Coming to details, After beating Singapore in the semi-finals earlier on Monday, the Indian team rod to continued their dominance in the final, by winning all the first three matches to comfortably clinch the gold.

Indian Player Achanta Sharath Kamal gave India an early 1-0 lead with a thumping 4-11, 11-5, 11-4, 11-9 comeback win over Bode Abiodun in the first singles match of the contest.

After going down meekly in the first game, Kamal brought all his experience into play and went on to thrash the Nigerian in three successive games to pocket the tie.

Kamal opened up a 7-5 lead in the second game before comfortably pocketing it to level things up. The third game witnessed the Indian retrieving the ball from some unbelievable angles to open up a 8-4 lead and eventually ending up 11-4.