A sneak peek into Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty’s career in numbers

Indias dynamic duo of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty on Sunday scripted history by winning the mens doubles title at the Indonesia Open becoming the first pair from the country to claim a Super 1000 eventThe Indians outwitted the Malaysian world champion duo of Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik 2117 2118 in an intense contest that lasted 43 minutesSatwiksairaj and Chirag gained initiative midway through the first game and they never really gave a sniff to their fancied opponents since then In the second game as well the Indian pair did not allow their opponents to break free and a fourpoint streak kept them ahead of the curve The Indians seemed to be in for a facile victory when the Malaysians nullified four match points to come within sniffing distance of their opponentsHowever Satwiksairaj and Chirag the world No 6 pair who won a gold medal at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games and bronze at the world championships last year could not be denied when the score read 2018 in their favour and this time they converted the match point to script a magnificent win The magnitude of the result can be gauged from the fact that this was the first time Satwiksairaj and Chirag are beating Aaron and Soh in 11 attempts Without much ado here is a sneak peek into SatwiksairajChirags major achievements so farAlso Read Indonesia Open SatwiksairajChirag reveal wakeup call that put them back on trackSatwiksairajChiragrsquos BWF World Tour TitlesSuper 100 2018 Hyderbad Open ndash WinnerSuper 300 2018 Syed Modi International ndash Runners Up 2023 Swiss Open ndash WinnerSuper 500 2019 Thailand Open ndash Winner 2022 India Open ndash WinnerSuper 750 2019 French Open ndash Runner Up 2022 French Open ndash WinnerSuper 1000 2023 Indonesia Open ndash WinnerBWF International SeriesChallenger2016 Mauritius International ndash Winner India International Series ndash Winner Tata Open India International ndash Winner Bangladesh International ndash Winner2017 Vietnam International ndash Winner2019 Brazil International ndash WinnerOther major titles2023 Indonesia Open BWF 1000 ndash Gold2023 Badminton Asia Championships ndash Gold2022 Commonwealth Games ndash Gold2022 BWF World Championships ndash Bronze2018 Commonwealth Games ndash Silver2022 Thomas Cup ndash GoldSatwiksairajChiragrsquos achievements in a nutshellFirst Indian doubles pair to win a BWF Super 500 TitleFirst Indian menrsquos doubles pair to win a Commonwealth Games gold medalFirst Indian doubles pair and only second from India to win Badminton Asia Championships gold medalHighestever ranked Indian doubles pair 5th in December 2022First Indian menrsquos doubles pair and second doubles duo to win a World Championships MedalFirst Indian mens doubles pair to enter the top 10 in World RankingsFirst doubles pair from India to play in the Asian Championships FinalMember of the Indian team to win the historic first Thomas Cup titleFirst ever Indians to win a BWF 1000 World Tour title at the Indonesia Open