Badminton
Badminton Asia Team C'ships: Prannoy, Lakshya win in India's 2-3 loss to China in 2nd group tie - HIGHLIGHTS
Catch the highlights from this final group stage clash between India and China at the Badminton Asia Team Championships.
HS Prannoy
India men's team takes on China in their final group stage match but lost 2-3 in the end despite the wins from HS Prannoy and Lakshya Sen at the Badminton Asia Team Championships in Shah Alam, Malaysia on Thursday.
The Indian team went into the tie with a mixed squad to test its bench strength before the big quarterfinal match. National champion Chirag Sen makes his senior team debut but lost (15-21, 16-21) to Wang Zheng Xing in the final match of the tie.
As it happened:
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- 15 Feb 2024 6:09 AM GMT
Prannoy only managed one point so far, that too on a error on net from Weng
Game-1: Prannoy 1-11 Weng
- 15 Feb 2024 6:06 AM GMT
Prannoy is really looking out of touch, very lazy play so far
Game-1: Prannoy 0-8 Weng
- 15 Feb 2024 6:04 AM GMT
Weng started with an early lead after couple of errors from Prannoy
Game-1: Prannoy 0-4 Weng
- 15 Feb 2024 5:30 AM GMT
This is the third meeting between Prannoy and Weng
India no.1, HS Prannoy (WR.7) is playing against a rising youngster Weng Hong Yang (WR.16) from China on the top board.
This is the third meeting between the two players with one win each in the last two meeting.
Last time, they played in Australian Open 2023 where the youngster takes the win in a very close encounter which goes beyond deuce in the deciding game.
- 15 Feb 2024 4:56 AM GMT
Here is the lineup for the match
Both teams are trying their bench strength in this final group stage match:
