Indian men spikers crash out in quarters

Indian men spikers’ dream run in the Asian Games came to a screeching halt after they were thumped 0-3 by Thailand in the quarterfinals at the Zhongda Gymnasium in Guangzhou on Sunday.

After impressive wins against Japan and Qatar in the league stages,the Indian men’s volleyball team failed to register a hat-trick of wins,going down fighting 20-25 23-25 22-25 to Thailand in the last eight round.

Naveen Manidurai scored 14 points for the Indians but it was not enough to save the day for his side.

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The Indian women spikers,on the other hand,slumped to their third consecutive defeat in four matches after they were thrashed 0-3 by Kazakhstan in their preliminary Group B,match.

The Indian eves were no match for the Kazakh girls who spanked them 18-25 9-25 10-25 in little more than an hour.