Badminton: Easy wins for Satwik-Chirag, Srikanth
October 02, 2023 14:49The Indian Men's hockey team hammered Bangladesh 12-0 in their Pool A match at the Asian Games on Monday.
Captain Harmanpreet and Mandeep Singh scored hat-tricks.
The Indian hockey team wasted little time to add to their goal tally as Mandeep scores one in the 46th minute, followed by a pile driver by Neelkanta Sharma a minute later to take India lead to 10-0.
Bangladesh defence looks clueless as India keep the opponents on their toes.
India added two more goals late in the 4th quarter to win the match 12-0.
In Badminton, Indias star doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty eased into the Round of 16 after getting the better of Hong Kong's Hin Long Chow and Chun Wai Lui.
Satwiksairaj-Chirag registered an emphatic 21-11, 21-16 victory in a 34-minute round of 32 contest.
Kidambi Srikanth also had no problems in despatchin Vietnam's Phat le Duc 21-10, 21-9 in 29 minutes in the round of 64 clash.
Tanisha Crasto and KP Sai Pratheek outclassed Macao's Chi Weng NG and Chong lok Leong 21-18, 21-14 in the mixed doubles round of 32 match.