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Muhammad Asim Khan:  Having fought back his way into the match by winning the fourth game for a 2-2 score in the deciding third match in the Men's squash final at the Asian Games on Saturday, India's Abhay Singh was staring down the barrel 8-10 down in the fifth game against Noor Zaman of Pakistan.

For the layman, the Indian players looked down and out as he was facing the match ball after winning the first game. But the 25-year-old Indian showed nerves of steel as he scripted a sensational comeback and won the next four points, leaving the Pakistan player exasperated with his tenacity, skills and never-say-die attitude that scripted a famous victory for India.

This win will be etched in the history of Indian squash as one of the best wins and the fact it came against Pakistan, to whom India had lost in the preliminary league, So, it was sweet revenge for India as the team came back strongly to win the gold medal. This is India's second gold medal in Team competition in the Asian Games, after their maiden triumph in the 2014 Games in Incheon. While Squash made its Asian Games debut only in 1998 in Bangkok, the team competitions started only in 2010 in Guangzhou. Malaysia won the title in 2018 while the Indian team had to be satisfied with a bronze medal.