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Indian men's badminton team in SAG semis

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Press Trust of India Shillong
Last Updated : Feb 06 2016 | 6:48 PM IST
The Indian men's badminton team thrashed Maldives and Bangladesh with an identical scoreline of 3-0 in Group 'A' matches and make the semifinals in the 12th South Asian Games here today.
K Srikanth started the proceedings for India with a bang, downing Maldives' Mohamed Ajifan Rasheed before Ajay Jayaram handed then a 2-0 lead with his win over Hussain Zayan Shaheed Zaki.
The pair of Manu Attri and Sumeeth Reddy then wrapped it up in the doubles with a win over the Maldives combo of Shaheed Zaki and Ajifan.
The Indian team then got the better of Bangladesh 3-0 to secure their semis spot from Group A.
First HS Prannoy defeated Ayman Jaman and then B Sai Praneeth got the better of Rais Uddin.
Manu-Sumeeth clinched the issue in the third game, beating the duo of Ayman and Rais.

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First Published: Feb 06 2016 | 6:48 PM IST

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