Indian males’s volleyball group will now face Japan in Asian Video games quarter-finals. Picture; X/@WeAreTeamIndia
Indian males’s volleyball group defeated Chinese language Taipei within the knockout spherical on Friday to advance to the quarter-finals and proceed their spectacular run on the Asian Video games 2023.
Chinese language Taipei who received the bronze within the 2018 Asian Video games are ranked 43 on the planet whereas India are ranked 73. The rankings nonetheless mattered for little as India clinched a 3-0 victory, beating Chinese language Taipei 25-22, 25-22, 25-21.
India had reached the knockout spherical by beating South Korea and Cambodia within the group stage.
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India started their marketing campaign by beating Cambodia 3-0 on Tuesday earlier than gorgeous world no 27 South Korea 3-2 in a five-set thriller on Wednesday.
Korea, who’re three-time champions, suffered a 27-25, 27-29, 22-25, 25-20, 15-17 defeat to India.
India will now face world No 5 Japan within the quarter-finals.
India’s final medal in volleyball, a bronze, got here within the 1986 version. That they had completed twelfth within the 2018 Video games.
Indian males’s volleyball group: Amit, Vinit Kumar, S Ammarambath, Muthusamy Appavu, Hari Prasad, Rohit Kumar, Manoj Lakshmipuram Manjunatha, U Mohan, Ashwal Rai, Santhosh Sahaya Anthoni Raj, Guru Prasanth Subramanian Venkatasubbu, Erin Varghese