Indian men created history in the 16th Commonwealth Table Tennis Championship at Cheras in Kuala Lumpur by claiming the gold medal in the team event for the first time.
The four-member team led by Achanta Sharath Kamal overcame the challenge posed by championship favourite and nine time winner England 3-1, according to a release issued by Table Tennis Federation of India in Delhi on Friday.
Soumyadeep Roy emerged the main architect of India's impressive run with two wins while Subhajit Saha won the other match.
In the last championship held at New Delhi in 2001, India were the runner up while in the last Commonwealth Games at Manchester, the country won the bronze medal.
India stormed into the final by winning almost all the matches decisively. In the team event, it had lost only two matches.
In the preliminary stage, India overcame Northern Ireland and Scotland 3-0, while in the secondary stage it defeated Malaysia and New Zealand 3-0 and Wales 3-1 to enter the final as the group topper.
Wales beat Australia 3-0 to claim the bronze medal in men's team event.
Earlier, a five-member women's team led by Poulami Ghatak effected a 3-0 victory over England to claim the bronze medal in the team event.
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