Defending champions Indian Men’s Volleyball team will clash with Pakistan in the final of 13th South Asian Games tomorrow.
Yesterday, India defeated Sri Lanka by 3-1 in a thrilling first semifinal in Kathmandu. There was neck and neck competition between the two teams. In the first set, Sri Lankan players gave though fight but India could manage to win it by 27-25. India won second set easily by 25- 19. But in third set, Sri Lankan bounced back and won by 25-21. India won the fourth and deciding set by 25-21 and stormed into the final. In the second semifinal Pakistan beat Bangladesh in straight sets by 25-15, 25-21 and 26-24.
Indian women’s team has already reached in the final defeating Maldives on Saturday. Indian girls will clash with host Nepal in the final tomorrow. Nepal defeated Sri Lanka in the semifinals.
13th South Asian Games started with a glittering opening ceremony at historic Dasaratha Rangshala in Kathmandu last evening. The games had started from this stadium in 1984. A fireworks and spectacular laser show depicting participating countries and competitions were one of the main attractions of the inaugural ceremony. Though volleyball started from Wednesday but competitions in other 25 games will begin from today. Besides Kathmandu events will also be held at Pokhara and Janakpur. Over 2700 athletes will have tough competition for 1119 medals including 319 Gold during the biggest sporting extravaganza of South Asia
