Birmingham

India defeated Pakistan 5-0 in the opening match of the mixed team Badminton event in the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham on Friday.

In the first tie, the mixed doubles duo of B Sumeeth Reddy and Ashwini Ponnappa defeated Muhammed Irfan Syed Bhatti and Ghazala Siddique 21-9, 21-12.

In the second tie of the group, Srikanth Kidambi gave a dominating performance outclassing his opponent 21-7, 21-12.

In the third match of the group, PV Sindhu played dominantly against her opponent Mahoor Shahzad in the women's singles.

The double Olympics medallist Sindhu made it look like a one-sided affair by taking an 11-4 lead. Sindhu clinched the first game 21-7. It was complete demolition as Pakistan's Mahoor Shahzad had no answer to the Indian legend's skill and trick.

Sindhu won the second game 21-6 to seal the tie in India’s favour.

In the fourth tie of the match the Indian men's doubles duo of Satwik Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty beat Murad Ali and Muhammad Irfan 21-12, 21-9 to give India a lead 4-0.

In the last group match, Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand beat the Pakistan women's doubles pair 21-4, 21-5 to complete a 5-0 drubbing of the neighbours.

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India next play Sri Lanka on Saturday.