Aichi-Nagoya, Sept. 21 -- India made a commanding start to their men's badminton team campaign at the Asian Games here on Monday, sweeping Bangladesh 3-0 without dropping a single game to enter the quarter-finals.
Lakshya Sen, Ayush Shetty and Kidambi Srikanth all registered straight-game victories as India wrapped up the pre-quarter-final tie comfortably.
Lakshya, a Paris 2024 Olympics semi-finalist, opened the proceedings against Jaman Ayman Ibn and gave India an early lead with a dominant 21-4, 21-12 victory.
Ayush Shetty then extended India's advantage to 2-0, overcoming Gourab Singha 21-4, 21-13.
With India needing just one more victory to seal the tie, experienced campaigner and former world No. 1 Kidambi Srikanth completed the jo...