Sharath-Sathiyan settle for Silver in men's doubles final at Commonwealth Games

BIRMINGHAM: The seasoned Indian pair of Sharath Kamal and Gnanasekaran Sathiyan was outsmarted by familiar foes Paul Drinkhall and Liam Pitchford of England in the men's doubles final at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham on Sunday. The Indian duo had to settle for silver for the second successive edition after losing 11-8, 8-11, 3-11, 11-7, 4-11 to the English combine.

It was a repeat of the 2018 final in Gold Coast and to the disappointment of the Indians, it was the same result.

The Indian contingent has been getting tons of support from the crowd here but at the NEC table tennis arena on Sunday, English fans outnumbered the Indians.

India's Sreeja Akula suffered a heartbreaking loss at the Commonwealth Games in Birmimgham as she went down to Australia's Yangzi Liu 3-4 in a thrilling bronze medal play-off. Agencies

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