In the quarterfinals, the Indian badminton team defeated the top seeds from Japan, Takuro Hoki and Yugo Kobayashi. In the semifinals, they defeated Choi Sol Gyu and Kim Won Ho of South Korea by a score of 21-18, 21-14.
Tenth-seeded Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy put on a brilliant performance to defeat top-seeded Japanese players Takuro Hoki and Yugo Kobayash 23-21, 21-18, in 49 minutes.
India's highest-ranked male shuttler in the tournament defeated China's Hu Zhe An in a three-set encounter, 21-18, 8-21, 21-16 in the quarterfinals. Sankar is now assured of a bronze medal.
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West Indies the two times T20 World Cup champion generally known as a T20 powerhouse, were knocked out from the qualifying stages of the event after defeats against Ireland and Scotland.
After claiming the first break of the match for 4-3, however, the top seed's variety of consistent, strong hitting came to the fore as he clinched a 98-minute victory.
In a match dominated by Manchester, headed goals from Diogo Dalot and Marcus Rashford in each half were added to by a late Cristiano Ronaldo strike to settle the victory.
Explaining his role at the time he went in to bat in the match against the Netherlands, he said that the need of the hour was to increase the scoring rate and that's what he chose to do, taking it one ball at a time
Pakistan lost its first game against India in a thriller after Virat Kohli snatched victory from the jaws of defeat, playing a once-in-a-lifetime knock. They will be looking to open their account in the points table.