Badminton
Badminton Asia Team C'ship: India women upset (3-2) top seeded China, men team beats (4-1) Hong Kong- HIGHLIGHTS
Catch all the highlights from the clash of Indian women's badminton team against China and men's team against Hong Kong in Badminton Asia C'ship.
PV Sindhu and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty
Indian women's badminton team upsets (3-2) the top seeded China in their group stage match of the ongoing Badminton Asia Team Championship.
Star shuttler PV Sindhu makes a winning return to the court after injury forced break while young teenage sensation 17-year old Anmol Kharb ranked 472 in the world wins the final match of the group stage tie between India and China to confirm the team's victory.
Later in the day, Indian men's team takes a rather comfortable 4-1 win against Hong Kong in their first group game and booked a place in quarterfinals.
As it happened:
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- 14 Feb 2024 8:40 AM IST
Wang decimates Ashmita to win the first game.
Pure dominance by Wang after the interval as she takes 10 points to win the first game 21-13 while Ashmita looked clueless.
- 14 Feb 2024 8:33 AM IST
Wang leads 11-9 at the interval.
A good start for Ashmita Chaliha as she trails 9-11 against a higher-ranked opponent but she needs to be consistent with her placement. The first three points were gifted to Wang due to poor placement.
- 14 Feb 2024 8:16 AM IST
Liu/Tan win the match.
The Indian pair faltered in the crucial moment and Liu/Tan win the second game 21-16 to win the match into the straight games.
- 14 Feb 2024 8:12 AM IST
Chinese pair close on to winning the match.
Liu/Tan take two points lead from 15-15 to make it to 17-15 and the Indian pair is just four points away from the defeat.
- 14 Feb 2024 8:04 AM IST
Slight lead for the Indian pair at the mid-game interval.
Both pair are not ready to give any inch to their opponent as Tanisha/Ashwini go in the mid-game interval with a slight lead of 11-10.
- 14 Feb 2024 7:57 AM IST
The second game is tied at 5-5.
The Indian pair started well in the second game with 3-0 lead but the Chinese pair make a comeback to make it 5-5.
- 14 Feb 2024 7:52 AM IST
A fascinating battle in the women's doubles.
Tanisha/Ashwini lose a well-fought first game by 19-21. It was game that was tied till the very last moment but two errors from the Indian pair costed them the game.
- 14 Feb 2024 7:23 AM IST
Tie Score: India 1-0 China
The second match will be played between doubles pair of Tanisha Crasto/Ashwini Ponnappa and Liu Sheng/Tan Ning.
