Asian Badminton Championships 2018: India Men vs Indonesia Men, Live Match Updates

Indonesia def India 3-2

Updated: 08 February 2018 20:26 IST - Published: February, 08 2018 02:28 PM IST

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That was a gutsy effort from Team India, but it was not to be in the end!

Tomorrow they will play the quarter-finals, which is why some key members from both teams were rested.

The World No. 39 stands up and delivers for Indonesia!

Indonesia def India 3-2

Mustofa completes the job!

21-12, 21-7

And he extends it to 19-6

18-5 to Mustofa

Sumeeth took two points but it was definitely not enough to curb the confidence of his opponent, who is now up to 15-5

The game is moving pretty fast in the direction of Indonesia now.

13-3

And he still maintains a three-point advantage.

6-3

It's a 5-2 lead for the Indonesian.

He looks determined to finish in two.

It might be uphill for Sumeeth now.

Still let's see how the second game pans out.

And Mustofa takes the first game 21-12

Eight game points for the Indonesian

20-12

And he extends the lead to 17-11

15-11 to Indonesia

But Mustofa makes his mark here.

14-11

Great to see Reddy never letting Mustofa build a big lead

He is within touching distance of Mustofa at 11-12

And Mustofa leads 11-9 at the mid-game interval.

10-9 to the Indonesian

Mustofa has a slender lead of 9-8 in this tightly-fought game

And the game continues to be all even

7-7

It's 5-5

Reddy gets a 5-4 lead

And Sumeeth has levelled matters here.

4-4

Mustofa has extended his lead to 4-2

It's a good start for Mustofa and he is up 2-0

In the last match of the tie, doubles exponent Sumeeth Reddy will take on the World No. 39 Ihsan Maulana Mustofa.

That's a surprising choice but India wanted to rest their main singles players ahead of the quarter-finals tomorrow and that is understandable.

Shlok and Arjun began well and put in a great show till half of the 2nd game but the Indonesians are experienced and they managed to raise their level at the most crucial juncture.

The Indian boys will definitely learn from this.

The tie is now even at 2-2

The final match will decide the winner of this tie.

Pratama and Saputro have def Shlok and Arjun 14-21, 21-16, 21-12

And the Indonesians wrap it up!

21-12

EIGHT MATCH POINTS FOR THE INDONESIANS

20-12

This looks to have slipped away from the Indians' grip.

10-18 they trail

15-10 to Indonesia

The Indonesians are now steadily moving ahead of the Indians, building a solid lead.

14-9 up

Is it too late for the Indians to come back into this?

It's 11-8 to the Indonesians going into the mid-game interval.

And Team Indonesia surges to a 10-7 lead

And the Indonesians now have a slender lead of one point.

7-6

And within a flash, the game becomes evenly poised.

5-5

The Indians make a bright start to the decider and lead 5-3

What can the Indians produce in the decider?

The Indonesians grab the second game 21-16

20-16 after the Indians save a couple of game points

Six game points for Team Indonesia

20-14

And the Indians reduce the gap to just four points.

13-17

It's 17-12 to the formidable Indonesians

The Indonesians now lead 13-8

Can India fight back?

The Indonesians have well and truly stamped their authority in this game.

They are up 11-5 going into the mid-game interval.

And they lead 7-2 in this game

And 4-1 lead for Team Indonesia!

They are determined to fight back!

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