Asian Games 2023, September 20: India Upset South Korea In Men's Volleyball, Enter Knockouts - As It Happened

India had an encouraging start to the day in rowing, which was capped off with a memorable triumph by the men's volleyball team against three-time Asian Games gold medallists, South Korea. Catch day's highlights

Jagdish Yadav

Updated on: 20 September 2023 2:45 pm

The Indian team comprising of Arjun Lal Jat and Arvind Singh.

The Asian Games 2023 will have its official opening ceremony on September 23 but some games have already started from September 19. With the games being held in Hangzhou, China, all eyes will be on the Indian contingent that consists of 655 athletes?who will take part in different competitions.

India had an encouraging start to the day in rowing, with a bunch of teams advancing to the final races. But the icing on the cake came in the evening as the Indian men's volleyball team scripted a remarkable triumph against the highly fancied South Korea side to?emerge victors 25-27, 29-27, 25-22, 20-25, 17-15 and enter the crossover round of 12, which is a knockout round and will be played on Friday. (India Schedule | More Sports News)