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

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What a performance by Team India!!

5-0 thumping for two days in a row!

Yesterday they beat Philippines by the exact same scoreline and today they outclassed Maldives.

And the Indians wrap up the match in just 13 minutes!!

21-2, 21-5

Match points for the Indians.

20-4

11 points in a row for the Indian pair!

17-4

15-4 to the Indian pair

It's 11-4 to the Indians going into the midgame interval.

The Maldives duo is giving a bit of a fight in the second game.

6-4 to Team India

Arjun and Shlok wrap up the first game 21-2 in just SIX minutes!

They are pretty much teaching a lesson to their unheralded opponents.

It's 18-2 to India

Just ruthless domination

11-1 advantage to Shlok and Arjun going into the midgame interval.

The Indians have built a 9-1 lead in 2 minutes!

And the Indians are already cruising at 7-1

It's 2-1 to Team India

In the last match of the tie, MR Arjun and Shlok Ramchandran will be up against Nibal and Arsalaan Ali.

It's 4-0 to Team India and they will now attempt to get their fifth win as well without dropping a game.

It's been such a breezy outing for Team India here. Perhaps that is exactly what they needed. They really need to conserve their energy before the big clash with Indonesia on Thursday.

And the Indians bag the 21-8, 21-8 win in just 20 minutes!!

13 match points for the Indian duo

20-7

17-5

Walk in the park for India's current best pair

It's a 14-5 lead for the Indian duo.

They are simply unstoppable!

It's 11-3 for Team India at the midgame interval.

And the Indians grab EIGHT points on the trot to motor their way up to 10-2

And the Indians make their mark

4-2

The second game starts in the same fashion as the first one.

2-2 in the opening stages

And Rankireddy and Shetty take the first game 21-8 in just 8 minutes.

The India No. 1 pair thoroughly stamped their class in this match.

19-8

Another brutal thumping is on the cards by Team India, it seems

Smooth sailing so far for the India No. 1 pair.

15-6

Rankireddy and Shetty bring forth their aggression and leap to 11-5 at the midgame interval

It's a 6-4 lead to India

But the Indians amp up the intensity and break away from the tie to lead 4-2

The game is evenly poised in the initial stages.

2-2

Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty will be in action next against Shaheed and Shaheem of Maldives.

Verma's win gave India an unassailable lead of 3-0 in this tie.

But the contest isn't over yet. There are two doubles matches up next.

But Sameer finishes soon after!

Lopsided contest!

21-5, 21-1 win to Verma!

It took Sameer just 14 minutes to get the win.

Ali FINALLY gets a point.

1-20

20 match points for Verma!!!!!

18-0

16-0

This is leaving us speechless!

13-0

Verma in destructive mood!

Verma leads 11-0 at the break.

Not a single point has been won by the Maldives shuttler in Game 2!!!!

10-0 to Verma!

Woah!

7-0

Maldives is still not on the board in Game 2

Sameer opens up a 3-0 lead in the second game

And Verma grabs the first game in just SIX minutes!

21-5

Relentless!

18-4 to the Indian after Ali pulls back one point

No stopping Verma even after the break.

16-3 he leads

Verma has built an 11-3 lead going into the midgame interval

It's 6-2 to the Syed Modi International champion.

Verma already leads 2-1