STATE TIMES NEWS
JAMMU: Indian men’s volleyball team shocked former champions Japan 3-1 in their opening match of the 21st Asian Men’s U-20 Volleyball Championship at Riffa, Bahrain on Tuesday.
As per report reaching here, India recovered from an early reversal to notch up a 19-25 25-19 25-21 25-23 win over formidable Japan. Captain of the Indian team Dushyant Singh, Aman Kumar, Sameer Chaudhary and Sachin Dagar played an exceptional game and contributed to today’s spectacular performance against a tough team like Japan. India will meet Iran tomorrow at 4:30 PM and the tournament will continue till August 29.
Prof. (Dr.) Achyuta Samanta, Member of Parliament, Kandhamal, President, Volleyball Federation of India and Founder, KIIT & KISS, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, S Vasudevan-Chairman VFI, Raj Kumar-Executive Vice President VFI, Ramavtar Singh Jakhar-CEO, VFI, Zonal Executive President Asian Volleyball Confederation and President, Rajasthan State Olympic Association and General Secretary Rajasthan Volleyball Association, Anil Choudhary-Secretary General, Kuldeep Magotra- Associate Secretary VFI and all other office bearers of VFI have congratulated team and officials for winning opening match and wished them best of luck for future matches.
Patron-in-Chief, Volleyball Association of Jammu and Kashmir, Raj Daluja, President, Sidharth Daluja, Chief Executive Officer, Kuldeep Magotra and others office bearers also extended their good wishes to the Indian squad for performing well in opening match and wished them for clinching the trophy for the country.