Srikanth stars in Indiau2019s 4- 1 win over Kazakhstan in opener Manila: Kidambi Srikanth spearheaded Indiau2019s 4- 1 mauling of Kazakhstan in their opening group match to brighten their chances of reaching the quarter- finals of the Asia Team Badminton Championships here on Tuesday.
Srikanth took just 23 minutes to beat Dmitriy Panarin 21- 10, 21- 7, while Lakshya Sen notched up a 21- 13, 21- 8 win over Artur Niyazov in 21 minutes. Subhankar Dey beat Khaitmurat Kulmatov 21- 11, 21- 5 in 26 minutes.
B Sai Praneeth teamed up with Chirag Shetty in the doubles, but lost to Niyazov and Panarin 21- 18, 16- 21, 19- 21.
However, M R Arjun and Dhruv Kapila beat the Kazakh duo of Nikita Bragin and Khaitmurat Kulmatov 21- 14, 21- 8 in the second doubles match.
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