Today is very very rare day for Indian badminton as they created history at the Impact Arena in Bangkok by whitewashing defending champions Indonesia 3-0 in the final to lift their maiden Thomas Cup title. After PV Sindhu-led Indian women were ousted in the Uber Cup quarterfinals, the onus was on their male counterparts and they did it in style to etch their names in the history books. First, Indian men crushed Malaysia and Denmark quarterfinals and semifinals before producing a scintillating performance on Sunday. Lakshya Sen gave India the lead with a fighting win over Anthony Ginting in the first men's singles match. Lakshya lost the first game 8-21 but came back strongly to take the match with scores of 21-17 and 21-16 in the next to games. The men's doubles game between Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty and Mohammad Ahsan-Kevin Sukamuljo was a similar kind of affair. The Indian duo of Satwik-Chirag lost the first game before turning the table to win 18-21, 23-21, 21-19 and put India on the cusp of history. Leading 2-0, it was on Kidambi Srikanth to do the rest. The World Championship silver medallist survived some nerve-wracking moments against Jonatan Christie but in the end, won the decider 21-15, 23-21 to create history. India had previously reached the semifinals on three occasions - 1952, 1955 and 1979 - but back then, only finalists were awarded medals. Get highlights of India vs Indonesia.