Indian Sports Highlights, January 13: India suffers 0-2 loss to Australia in AFC Asian Cup
Catch the live updates of Indian athletes' performances in various events happening across the world on January 13.
India vs Australia at AFC Asian Cup 2023 (Source: Indian Football Team)
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Gujarat Giants are Champions of Ultimate Kho Kho Season 2. Gujarat Giants beat Chennai Quick Guns 31-26 in the final to take the UKK crown.
Indian men national handball team lost to Saudi Arabia by 17-48 in their second match at ongoing Asian Men's Handball Championship in Sheikh Khalifa Sports City Hall, Isa Town, Bharain. Earlier they lost to Iraq 12-55 on 11 January.
The Indian womenโs hockey team lost 0-1 to USA in their opening encounter of the FIH Hockey Olympic Qualifiers in Ranchi. Abigail Tamer handed the visiting team the lead after scoring in 26th minute and the American team never relinquished the lead.
The all-Indian duo of Parikshit Somani and Manish Sureshkumar came back from a set down to beat the pair of Karan Singh and Woobin Shin (Korea) 4-6, 6-1, 10-8. The Indian challenge in the menโs singles of the ITF Mandya Open ended when Karan Singh and Siddharth Vishwakarma bowed out in semifinals. While Karan Singh lost to Jelle Sels of The Netherlands 1-6, 4-6, Siddharth went down fighting against third seed Orel Kimhi of Israel 6-2, 5-7, 4-6 at the PET Stadium, Mandya on Saturday.
India crashed to a narrow 0-2 defeat against Australia in their opening Group B match of the AFC Asian Cup 2023. Igor Stimac's side had to defend deep in the first-half but in the second-half, Jackson Irvine opened the scoring in the 50th-minute and then Jordan Bos made it 2-0 in the 73rd-minute.
India's top shuttlers Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty defeat reigning World Champions Kang Min Hyuk and Seo Seung Jae of Korea to reach final of Malaysia Open Super 1000 badminton tournament. An extraordinary comeback by them after saving 6 game points and winning 8 consecutive points from 14-20 to 22-20 in second game to win the match and reach the Finals
Score 21-18, 22-20
Number 2 seed Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty takes opening game 21-18 against the reigning World Champions Kang Min Hyuk and Seo Seung Jae of Korea in semifinal of Malaysia Open Super 1000 badminton tournament.
India secured their 5th double podium when Sift Kaur Samra and Ashi Chouksey secured Silver (460.6) and Bronze (447) medals respectively from the 50m rifle 3P women's event at the Asian Shooting Championships in Jakarta, Indonesia. Anjum Moudgil just missed out on the medal with a minimal difference of 0.1 against Ashi and ended in fourth position with 436.3.
Rohan Bopanna and Matthew Ebden finish RUNNER UP at the Adelaide International, ATP 250 Tournament after losing to Rajeev Ram๐บ๐ธ and Joe Salisbury๐ฌ๐ง in the final.
Score 5-7, 7-5, 9-11.
The AFC Asian Cup is as big as it gets for India at this moment in its footballing history. On the brink of their fifth appearance on the continental stage, the Blue Tigers begin their tryst with destiny against the mighty Australians at the Ahmad bin Ali Stadium in Doha, on Saturday, January 13, 2024.
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