Meanwhile, Indian women beat Chinese Taipei 3-0 but lost to Malaysia by the same margin on Thursday, and will now face South Korea on Friday in the final league match of Group A for a place in the semi-finals.

The Indian men's and women's teams made a winning start to the competition.

According to information provided by the SFI on Wednesday, the women led by Rathika Suthanthira Seelan beat Macau and Mongolia, while the men led by Velavan Senthikumar started with a 3-1 win over Kuwait before falling short against Japan .

India Result:

Men: India beat Mongolia 3-0 (Suraj Kumar Chand beat Yessun Otgonchaemeg 11-3, 11-5, 11-1; Om Semwal beat Brian Bolor Bayrama 11-2, 11-3, 11-1) 2; Rahul Baitha defeated Amartuvshin Mandakhbayar 11-4, 11-5, 11-8).

Women: India beat Chinese Taipei 3-0 (Pooja Aarti r beat Wu Yi Chun 11-4, 11-1, 11-3; Sunita Patel beat Wang Yuan 11-6, 11-8, 11 Rathika Suthanthira Seelan defeated Lee Yi Hassan 11-7, 11-6, 11-5.

Malaysia beat India 3-0 (Aifa Azman beat Pooja Aarti 11-3, 11-5, 11-4; Aira Azman beat Janet Vidhi 11-1, 11-3, 11-1; Sivasangari Subramaniam beat Rathika Defeated Ceylan 11-4, 11-5, 11-8).