Asian Games 2018: Twitter explodes as Manika Batra and Achanta Sharath Kamal win India's first ever table tennis mixed doubles medal at Asiad

Achanta and Batra went down 1-4 in the semi-finals to China to give India a bronze medal

Two Table Tennis medals at the #AsianGames! HOLY WOW. Story of the Asiad, surely?

Congrats, @manikabatra_TT & @sharathkamal1!
— Vinayakk (@vinayakkm) August 29, 2018

YOOOOOOOO!!! 2 TT medals!! TWO!!!!

After so many years & so many CWG medals, Sharath now has not one, but TWO Asiad medals !!

And @manikabatra_TT showing that she is a contender even at stages bigger than CWG, adding an #AsianGames medal to her kitty

Brilliant!! 💥💥🇮🇳🇮🇳
— Kapil Choudhary (@kapil857) August 29, 2018

A huge round of applause for our TT team of @manikabatra_TT & @sharathkamal1 for winning 🥉in mixed doubles TT at #ASIANGAMES2018. Special Congratulations to Manika for becoming the 1st Female Asiad Medallist from India in TT ✌🏻👏🎉 #KheloIndia #IndiaAtAsianGames pic.twitter.com/wjVpDv92qD
— Rajyavardhan Rathore (@Ra_THORe) August 29, 2018

What a show this has been by Indian paddlers! Batra & Sharath Kamal were outplayed in the 1st game & were 3 game points down in 2nd, from where they staged a comeback. Even the 3rd game was dominated by the Koreans.

But Team India refused to give up! We have our 2nd TT medal!
— Sudeshna Banerjee (@Sudsports) August 29, 2018

One of the story of #AsianGames2018 has to be the run of India's table tennis contingent. After winning the men's team bronze, Sharath Kamal and @manikabatra_TT are assured of a mixed doubles medal after winning their quarterfinals after being 1-2 down pic.twitter.com/K46NCSDKhE
— Abhijeet Kulkarni (@abk6580) August 29, 2018

The last 2 points on deuce in game 3 were won by @manikabatra_TT using her forehand against the Chinese.

Well, until 3 years back if u could put more than 2 consecutive balls on #ManikaBatra's forehand, u would have 80% chance to win the point.

Super improvement in 3 yrs 👏
— Neha Aggarwal (@nehaaggarwal) August 29, 2018

This is a pumped up Indian Table Tennis team..just not bothered who is across the table be it 1st round or finals no pressure..@asiangames2018 @manikabatra_TT
— Madhusudan (@MadhusudanRangu) August 29, 2018

The beauty of #AsianGames2018 #IndiaatAsiangames2018 has been new milestones achieved everyday. #ManikaBatra #SharathKamal have won the bronze in #Tabletennis. Excellence entering a new arena, Indian dominance extending their wings. Indian contingent continues its success march
— Chaitanya Prasad (@Chatty111Prasad) August 29, 2018

.@manikabatra_TT & Sharath Kamal confirm another #tabletennis medal for India by reaching the mixed doubles semis. Before 2018 we had none in #AsianGames TT; and from Jakarta, two in the bag now.
— Jaspreet Sahni (@JaspreetSSahni) August 29, 2018

A historic run comes to an end for @sharathkamal1 and @manikabatra_TT with a deserving bronze. Indian #TableTennis continues to make a statement at #AsianGames2018
— Amol Karhadkar (@karhacter) August 29, 2018

End of the dream run for Indian pair of Achanta Sarath Kamal & Manika Batra as they went down against formidable chinese pair. Nonetheless nother historic medal from Table tennis. 2nd for sarath kamal, 1st for Manika. Amazing highs for Indian TT#AsianGames2018 #TableTennis
— Sayan (@Tweets_by_Sayan) August 29, 2018

to watch India give China a proper runaround in table tennis is really the stuff of fantasy! #AsianGames2018
— Gaurav Kalra (@gauravkalra75) August 29, 2018

I can't keep calm! 2 of my favorites!#Sharath dreamt of one, but getting 2 is really outstanding 👏

I have played mixed doubles with Sharath, it's really hard, coz the amount of spin & speed that comes back to u from the opponent is so hard to control!
Salute @manikabatra_TT https://t.co/LsjEQ9GwWx
— Neha Aggarwal (@nehaaggarwal) August 29, 2018

Now a mixed doubles TT bronze for India. Unbelievable. Congrats @sharathkamal1 @manikabatra_TT #IndiaatAsiangames2018 #IndiaAtAG2018
— Bharat Sharma (@sharmabharat45) August 29, 2018