New Delhi/Mysuru: Badminton Association of India (BAI) President Dr. Himanta Biswa Sarma announced a cash reward of Rs five lakh for Indian shuttler Kidambi Srikanth to celebrate his amazing victory at the Indonesia Open Superseries Premier on Sunday.

Srikanth who has picked up on his form after a slow start to the season due to injury was in his ravishing best as he beat World No 1, Son Wan Ho to enter the finals and picked up a flawless straight game victory over Kazumasa Sakai of Japan 21-11, 21-19.

“It is a matter of huge joy for the entire country to see Srikanth triumph in Indonesia. I called him right after the match to congratulate him on this stellar win. He has made the whole country proud once again and I am quite confident he will keep doing so in future as well,” BAI President, Dr Sarma said.

This victory not only gave Srikanth his second Superseries Premier title but also saw him achieve a rare feat of becoming the first Indian man to ever win the prestigious Indonesia Open.

Apart from Srikanth’s feat, it was overall a great outing from the Indian men contingent with H.S Prannoy also rising to the occasion. His dream run to the last four was not only his first Superseries semifinal outing but also saw some real good performance beating Malaysia’s Lee Chong Wei and current Olympic champion Chen Long of China in respective rounds.