Aichi-Nagoya, Sept. 20 -- India's men's table tennis team suffered a 0-3 defeat to Iran in their Group F encounter at the Asian Games 2026 on Sunday, after Nima Alamian edged Harmeet Desai in a five-game contest to seal the tie.

Nima stepped up in the deciding game to beat Harmeet 11-2, completing a 12-10, 13-15, 11-3, 10-12, 11-2 victory and handing Iran an unassailable 3-0 lead.

Earlier, Noshad Alamiyan defeated Manush Shah 11-3, 11-8, 12-10, while Benyamin Faraji beat Manav Thakkar 11-2, 11-6, 11-6 to put Iran firmly in control.

The result came after the Indian men's team had begun their campaign with a 3-0 win over Indonesia in their opening Group F tie.

Sathiyan Gnanasekaran, Manav Thakkar and Manush Shah won their respective mat...