The Indian males's badminton staff thrashed Germany 5-0 on Sunday to start their Thomas Cup marketing campaign in an emphatic method. World Championships bronze medallist Lakshya Sen began the proceedings with a straightforward 21-16, 21-13 win over world no 64 Max Weisskirchen.

The doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty needed to dig deep as they had been stretched to a 3 gamer by Jones Ralfy Jansen and Marvin Seidel.

However the Indians managed to prevail 21-15, 10-21, 21-13 within the match lasting near an hour.

World no 11 Kidambi Srikanth then eked out an 18-21 21-9 21-11 win over Kai Schafer after a sluggish begin to give India an unassailable 3-0 lead within the Group C tie.

MR Arjun and Dhruv Kapila handed Bjarne Geiss and Jan Colin Voelker a 25-23 21-15 defeat within the second males's doubles tie as India continued its dominant show.

HS Prannoy, ranked twenty third on the earth, then hardly broke a sweat as he accomplished a 5-0 whitewash of Germany, with a 21-9 21-9 win over Matthias Kicklitz.

It was an ideal begin for the Indian males's staff, which is looking for its maiden medal on the match. No Indian males's staff has ever reached the semifinals of the Thomas Cup.

Final yr, the lads's staff had signed off its marketing campaign on the quarterfinal stage.

Later within the day, the Indian girls's staff will open its marketing campaign in opposition to Canada in Group D.