The Indian squash team created history and became the WSF Squash World Cup Champions at Chennai’s Express Avenue Mall on Sunday.

They defeated the top seeds, Hong Kong 3-0 in a dominating final tie of the tournament, thanks to comfortable wins from Joshna Chinappa, Abhay Singh and Anahat Singh.

This was India’s just second-ever medal at the World Cup, upgrading its bronze from the last edition in 2023 with a sheer domination in front of a home crowd.

The tie started with Indian veteran Joshna Chinappa taking on a much higher-ranked Ka Yi Lee, ranked 27th in the world, in the opening match of the tie.

The 39-year-old showed her class and experience to win the match in four games, 7-3, 2-7, 7-5, 7-1, improving her head-to-head record against Ka Yi to 3-0, giving India an early advantage.

Then, India’s No. 1 Abhay Singh took the centre stage for the first men’s singles match against Tsz Kwan Lau. Abhay made the light work of his opponent, claiming a straight-game win (7-1, 7-4, 7-4).

After that, the teenager Anahat Singh put the final nail in the coffin against the reigning Asian Champion Ho Tze Lok, with a commanding 3-0 victory, 7-2, 7-2, 7-5.

Anahat showed her classy, deceptive shots and didn’t allow Ho to win more than 9 points across three games and confirming an iconic win for the team.