India lose 0-5 to China, crash out of Thomas Cup

Sai Praneeth

Indian men's badminton team crashed out of the Thomas Cup Final after losing 0-5 to China in their last Group 'A' match here yesterday.

Sai Praneeth showed stomach to fight but H S Prannoy seemed completely off colour while the rest of the Indian shuttlers lacked the experience to compete against their Chinese counterparts.

India had lost to France 1-4 in the opening game before winning against lowly Australia 5-0. From Group A, China and France progressed to the quarter-final stage.

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