The delicious duo of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty become the inaugurators of securing a medal in Men’s Double at the World Championships, years after Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa
won a bronze in Women’s Double. The duo, having claimed at least a bronze for the Indian prestige, gave a neck-to-neck game of 24-22 15-21 21-14 against Japanese world number 2 Takuro Hoki and Yugo Kobayashi. The players will be going against Malaysian pair of Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik in the semi-finals.