<p class="title">India blanked Scotland 5-0 to enter the quarterfinals of the badminton mixed team event, displaying tremendous form en route to their third successive clean sweep at the Commonwealth Games here on Friday.</p>.<p class="title">India topped Group A as the likes of Saina Nehwal and Kidambi Srikanth led the country's dominance at the Carrara Sports and Leisure Centre.</p>.<p class="bodytext">London Olympics bronze medallist Saina gave India a 1-0 lead after easily defeating Julie Macpherson 21-14, 21-12 in the women's singles match before World No 2 Srikanth outclassed Kieran Merrilees 21-18, 21-2 in men's singles to power India to a 2-0 lead.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The duo of N Sikki Reddy and Ashwini Ponnappa led India's charge in women's doubles before Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty helped India win in men's doubles.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The pairing of Pranaav Chopra and Reddy pulled off a win in the mixed doubles category to complete yet another thumping win for the Indian badminton team.</p>.<p class="bodytext">India had beaten Sri Lanka and Pakistan by a similar margin on the first competition day.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Ashwini and Sikki crushed Kirsty Gilmour and Eleanor O'Donnell 21-8, 21-12.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Rankireddy and Shetty then made it 4-0 in India's favour by getting the better of Patrick Machugh and Adam Hall 21-16, 21-19 while the mixed doubles pair of Pranaav Jerry and Sikki Reddy beat Martin Campbell and Julie Macpherson 21-17, 21-15.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Even as her Scottish opponent tried her best, World No 12 Saina made the first match look easy and eventually one-sided, using her experience to good effect in demolishing Macpherson.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Made to toil a bit in the first game, Saina got better in the second and went to the breather with a 11-5 lead before extending it to 16-5. The former World No 1 Indian clinch it in her favour in 36 minutes.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In the men's singles, Srikanth failed to get off to a convincing start, trailing 1-4 to Merrilees, who extended his lead further to 8-5.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Indian, however, managed to rally and closed out the first game at 21-18, taking 21 minutes.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In the second game, Srikanth was in red-hot form as he raced to a 11-0 lead at the break before making it 17-1. The winner of multiple Superseries titles took just 10 minutes to decimate Merrilees.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A strong foundation was laid and India extended their dominance in the doubles.</p>.<p class="bodytext">On his performance, Srikanth said, "I was really happy with the way I played. The first game was tough and I was expecting the same sort of fight in the second too."</p>.<p class="bodytext">Asked about India's form at the Games, he said, "The team is doing really well. We closed out some really close matches yesterday. Saina pulled out a really great match today as well."</p>.<p class="bodytext">"These results are certainly going to boost the team's confidence ahead of the coming battles."</p>.<p class="bodytext">And on India's chances of winning the mixed team event, Srikanth said, "I can't really say for sure. I really want to win but I haven't really set a target for myself. "</p>
<p class="title">India blanked Scotland 5-0 to enter the quarterfinals of the badminton mixed team event, displaying tremendous form en route to their third successive clean sweep at the Commonwealth Games here on Friday.</p>.<p class="title">India topped Group A as the likes of Saina Nehwal and Kidambi Srikanth led the country's dominance at the Carrara Sports and Leisure Centre.</p>.<p class="bodytext">London Olympics bronze medallist Saina gave India a 1-0 lead after easily defeating Julie Macpherson 21-14, 21-12 in the women's singles match before World No 2 Srikanth outclassed Kieran Merrilees 21-18, 21-2 in men's singles to power India to a 2-0 lead.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The duo of N Sikki Reddy and Ashwini Ponnappa led India's charge in women's doubles before Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty helped India win in men's doubles.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The pairing of Pranaav Chopra and Reddy pulled off a win in the mixed doubles category to complete yet another thumping win for the Indian badminton team.</p>.<p class="bodytext">India had beaten Sri Lanka and Pakistan by a similar margin on the first competition day.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Ashwini and Sikki crushed Kirsty Gilmour and Eleanor O'Donnell 21-8, 21-12.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Rankireddy and Shetty then made it 4-0 in India's favour by getting the better of Patrick Machugh and Adam Hall 21-16, 21-19 while the mixed doubles pair of Pranaav Jerry and Sikki Reddy beat Martin Campbell and Julie Macpherson 21-17, 21-15.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Even as her Scottish opponent tried her best, World No 12 Saina made the first match look easy and eventually one-sided, using her experience to good effect in demolishing Macpherson.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Made to toil a bit in the first game, Saina got better in the second and went to the breather with a 11-5 lead before extending it to 16-5. The former World No 1 Indian clinch it in her favour in 36 minutes.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In the men's singles, Srikanth failed to get off to a convincing start, trailing 1-4 to Merrilees, who extended his lead further to 8-5.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Indian, however, managed to rally and closed out the first game at 21-18, taking 21 minutes.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In the second game, Srikanth was in red-hot form as he raced to a 11-0 lead at the break before making it 17-1. The winner of multiple Superseries titles took just 10 minutes to decimate Merrilees.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A strong foundation was laid and India extended their dominance in the doubles.</p>.<p class="bodytext">On his performance, Srikanth said, "I was really happy with the way I played. The first game was tough and I was expecting the same sort of fight in the second too."</p>.<p class="bodytext">Asked about India's form at the Games, he said, "The team is doing really well. We closed out some really close matches yesterday. Saina pulled out a really great match today as well."</p>.<p class="bodytext">"These results are certainly going to boost the team's confidence ahead of the coming battles."</p>.<p class="bodytext">And on India's chances of winning the mixed team event, Srikanth said, "I can't really say for sure. I really want to win but I haven't really set a target for myself. "</p>