Asia Mixed Team Badminton: India sealed a victory against Malaysia in the group encounter of the Badminton Asia Mixed Team Championships 2023. HS Prannoy, PV Sindhu and Women’s Doubles pair Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand clinched victories in their respective matches to help seal the win. Mixed Doubles pair Ishaan Bhatnagar and Tanisha Crasto sealed victory to help India secure 4-1 win in the tie. Follow Asia Mixed Team Badminton 2023 LIVE updates on InsideSport.IN
Asia Mixed Team Badminton: Bhatnagar-Crasto give India 4-1 win against Malaysia in Badminton Asia Mixed Team Championship 2023 – Follow India vs Malaysia Highlights
Asia Mixed Team Badminton 2023
Day 3 Badminton Asia Mixed Team Championship 2023: Results Update
Day 3: Men’s Singles
Prannoy H. S. 🇮🇳 vs Lee Zii Jia 🇲🇾 : 21-18 13-21 23-25#Badminton #BadmintonAsia #BAMTC2023 pic.twitter.com/Egmz7cF3dc— Badminton Asia (@Badminton_Asia) February 16, 2023
Prannoy began the proceedings for India in their final Group B match and had to fight hard against world no.4 Zii Jia Lee before stunning his rival 18-21 21-13 25-23 in the men’s singles match that lasted one hour and 10 minutes.
In contrast, Sindhu took just 34 minutes to beat lower-ranked Ling Ching Wong 21-13 21-17 in the women’s singles and give India 2-0 lead.
But the men’s doubles pair of Dhruv Kapila and Chirag Shetty suffered a 16-21 10-21 defeat to the duo of Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik as Malaysia made it 1-2.
Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand then gave India the winning 3-1 lead as they shocked Commonwealth Games champions Pearly Tan and Thinaah Muralitharanto 23-21 21-15 to hand India an unassailable 3-1 lead.
In the Mixed Doubles contest,
India had earlier beaten Kazakhstan and UAE 5-0 each in their first two group matches.