BIRMINGHAM: Continuing their winning run, defending champions India reached the semifinals of the men's table tennis team event at the Commonwealth Games 2022 with a 3-0 clean sweep of Bangladesh in the quarterfinals, here on Sunday. The Indian men's team fielded its top-ranked players Sathiyan Gnanasekaran and Harmeet Desai for the first doubles match against Ramhimlian Bawm and Mohutasin Ahmed Ridoy. The Indian duo of Sathiyan and Harmeet was clinical and won the opener 3-0.
Sharath Kamal beat Rifat Sabbir 3-0 (11-4, 11-7, 11-2) in the second match. Sathiyan, ranked 35th, then brushed aside the challenge from world No. 602 Mohutasin Ahmed Ridoy to win 3-0 (11-2, 11-3, 11-5) and set up India's clash against Nigeria in the semi-finals. IANS
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