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Chaliha, George-Shukla shine as India lose a nail-biter to Chinese Taipei at Badminton Asia Mixed Team Championships

Rising star Ashmita Chaliha and the men's doubles pair of Arun George and Sanyam Shukla emerged victorious but could not save India from going down to Chinese Taipei 2-3 at the Badminton Asia Mixed Team Championships in Hong Kong.

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New Delhi, March 21: Rising star Ashmita Chaliha and the men's doubles pair of Arun George and Sanyam Shukla emerged victorious but could not save India from going down to Chinese Taipei 2-3 at the Badminton Asia Mixed Team Championships in Hong Kong on Thursday.

With their second consecutive loss in as many days, India failed to progress from Group B and bowed out of the competition.

India had suffered a defeat to SingaporeIndia had suffered a defeat to Singapore

George and Shukla showed nerves of steel to hold off the World No. 14 pair of Liao Min Chun and Ching Heng for a 21-17, 17-21, 21-14 win. Assam's 19-year-old Chaliha then played beyond her age to get a marathon 21-18, 17-21, 21-19 win in exactly an hour.

With India leading 2-0, World No. 32 Wang Tzu Wei and three-time Indian national champion Sourabh Verma were locked in a gritty contest before the Chinese Taipei ace pulled off a 21-7, 16-21, 23-21 victory.

It motivated the women's doubles and mixed doubles teams of the Taipei squad who did not even drop a game to complete the win. While the women's doubles pair of Chang Ching Hui and Yang Ching Tun beat Arathi Sara Sunil and Rutaparna Panda 21-19, 21-17, the mixed doubles combine of Hsieh Pei Shan and Tseng Min Hao easily dismissed Shikha Gautam and Shlok Ramchandran 21-15, 21-14.

India thus failed to emulate their performance from the last edition in which they had made it to the quarter-finals. Despite not having the top stars, the youngsters showed a lot of promise and this experience would come in handy for them.

Source: Press Release

Story first published: Thursday, March 21, 2019, 20:12 [IST]
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