Gold for Indian men`s table tennis team at C`wealth Games
The Indian men`s table tennis team led by veteran Sharath Kamal defeated Singapore 3-1 in the final of the men`s team event at the ongoing Commonwealth Games 2022 to clinch the gold medal. Harmeet Desai defeated Clarence Chew in his singles match to bring the gold medal home for India once again. India had headed into the competition as the defending champions in the men`s team event having secured gold in the Commonwealth Games 2018 on Gold Coast four years back. India won their second straight men`s team gold medal at the Commonwealth Games after a dominant display against Singapore in the final on Aug 2. India got off to a flying start in the final as the doubles pair of Harmeet Desai and G Sathiyan thrashed the Singapore pair of Yong Quek and Yew Pang 3-0 in straight games before Sharath Kamal played against Chew in the first singles match of the final. The captain had an off day as he suffered a 1-3 defeat with Singapore drawing the final level at 1-1.