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Asian Games Men:  India's strength in singles discipline helped it beat the mighty Republic of Korea in the men's team badminton competition and storm into the final for the first time in the history of the sport in the Asian Games.

India defeated Korea 3-2 in the semifinal on Saturday, riding on wins by singles players HS Prannoy, Lakshya Sen and Kidambi Srikanth won their matches while the doubles pairs of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy/Chirag Shetty and MR Arjun/Dhruv Kapila lost their matches.

This is the first time that India reached the final of the Asian Games Men's team badminton competition and will take on China, who brushed aside Japan 3-1 in the other semifinal played in the Badminton Stadium at the Binjiang Gymnasium.