BD NarayankarBengaluru, Sept. 22 -- Lakshya Sen turned the tide for India on a dramatic third day of the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on Tuesday, producing a stunning comeback against Japan's Kodai Naraoka to revive India's badminton campaign, while the women's cricket team delivered the country's first gold medal with a commanding victory over Sri Lanka.
It was a day of contrasting fortunes for Indian badminton.
While the women's team suffered a disappointing 3-1 quarter-final defeat to Japan and crashed out of the competition, Lakshya and the men's team responded in emphatic fashion, sweeping Japan 3-0 to assure India of a medal and book a semi-final against defending champions China.
Lakshya produced the defining individual moment of the ...