The Indian men’s sepaktakraw regu team lost to South Korea in a group match of the 18th Asian Games in Palembang on Saturday.
Palembang: The Indian men’s sepaktakraw regu team lost to South Korea in a group match of the 18th Asian Games in Palembang on Saturday. [caption id=“attachment_5044381” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]![India’s Thokchom Seitaram Singh jumps for the ball against Iran’s Jafari Mehrdad during the sepak takraw men’s team regu match during the 2018 Asian Games. AFP]()
India’s Thokchom Seitaram Singh jumps for the ball against Iran’s Jafari Mehrdad during the sepak takraw men’s team regu match during the 2018 Asian Games. AFP[/caption] India lost 0-2 (6-21 7-21) to South Korea in their opening men’s regu preliminary Group B match. The Indian team plays against Malaysia on Sunday before taking on Nepal and China later in the tournament. Earlier this week, India had won a historic Asian Games bronze medal in men’s regu team competition. Sepaktakraw is a volleyball-style sport in which players use their feet, head, knees and chest to hit the ball across the net. They are not allowed to use their hands.
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