Kuala Lumpur, May 21 -- Indian women's shuttlers Malvika Bansod and Devika Sihag were ousted in the second round of the Malaysia Masters event on Thursday, as per Olympics.com.

Despite securing the win in the opening game, Malvika, the world number 51st, lost to world No. 23 and eighth seed Danish shuttler Line Kjaersfeldt by 21-16, 8-21, 15-21.

Malvika started out fine in the opening game with an 11-6 lead at the interval and carried on with the momentum to seal the first game. However, from the second game onwards, there was a shift in the momentum as Line won the first eight points and did not really give her Indian opponent a chance, taking the contest to a decider.

In the decider, Malvika had a lead of 11-8, but the momentum shift...