Glasgow: After thrashing Ghana and Uganda with the exact scoreline of 5-0 Thursday, Indian shuttlers whitewashed Kenya in their final Pool B match of the Mixed Team event to top the group at the Commonwealth Games here Friday.
<img title="India shuttler Jwala Gutta" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/2014/sep/J-Gutta2607.jpg" alt="India shuttler Jwala Gutta" /> India shuttler Jwala Gutta
First up, scratch pair of Jwala Gutta and Kidambi Srikanth needed only 18 minutes to beat Mercy Joseph and Patrick Mbogo 21-8, 21-8 in 18 minutes in mixed doubles.
This was followed by singles victories by Parupalli Kashyap (men's) and P.C. Thulasi (women's) to give India an unassailable 3-0 lead in the match.
While Kashyap overcame Victor Munga 21-7, 21-8 in 20 minutes, Thulasi took only 15 minutes to destroy Lavina Martins 21-4, 21-2.
India made sure that they maintained a cleanslate when Joseph Githitu and Mbogo lost to R.M.V. Gurusaidutt and Pranaav Jerry Chopra 5-21, 6-21 in 17 minutes in men's doubles competition and another scratch pair of Jwala and P.V. Sindhu beat Martins and Joseph 21-4, 21-5 in 21 minutes in women's doubles.

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After thrashing Ghana and Uganda with the exact scoreline of 5-0 Thursday, Indian shuttlers whitewashed Kenya in their final Pool B match of the Mixed Team event to top the group at the Commonwealth Games here Friday

CWG: Indian shuttlers thrash Kenya 5-0

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