Having said all that it is just a group match and they are bound to run into much harder opponents in the near future. Indian fans will definitely be hoping that the good showing continues from the paddlers.
N.Ireland definitely tried their best but it looked a game where India always seemed to have the upper hand. The fact that India lost just a single game in the whole match will prove the dominance that the team enjoyed in this match.
So that's it. India win three matches of the five that could have been played in total and hence have been deemed as WINNERS of this encounter against Northern Ireland.
The fourth game is over and that finally brings us to a close in Match 3. The scorecard of Match 3 reads - Game 1 : 11 - 2 (IND - N.IRL) Game 2 : 9 - 11 (IND - N.IRL) Game 3 : 11 - 5 (IND - N.IRL) Game 4 : 11 - 7 (IND - N.IRL)
The Indian pair have won the first game and lead the N.Irelandian pair 1-0. The score from the 1st game in Match3 reads : 11 - 2, in favour of the Indians.
The scorecard after the three games in the first match reads - Game 1 : 11 - 4 Game 2 : 11 - 6 Game 3 : 11 - 4 . All three games have been won by GNANASEKARAN.
Well everyone, looks like we are going to have to wait a bit more to know how things go down in the match between India and Northern Ireland. There seems to be some kind of serious technical difficulties that we are experiencing. We will try to get the updates to you as soon as we can.
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