India, April 14 -- There was a sense of deja vu. Ankita Raina was in Dubai in 2019 when the Indian women's tennis team secured a playoff spot in the Billie Jean King Cup for the first time.

On Saturday, after a week-long battle against five other teams at the Balewadi Sports Complex in Pune, India reached the playoffs for the second time. Just as it has been the case in the past decade, Raina was a part of yet another milestone achieved by the Indian team.

"I just remembered the mindset I had on court in Dubai, and we just decided to be aggressive," she said, moments after she and Prarthana Thombare won the deciding doubles rubber in the tie against South Korea to secure the playoff berth.

This was a good chance for India to take a ste...