NEW DELHI: Team India cruised to a lop-sided 5-0 win over United Arab Emirates at the Asia Mixed Team Badminton Championships in Dubai on Wednesday.
Star players PV Sindhu and HS Prannoy did not feature in the day's encounter against UAE but the team pulled off a commanding victory for their second win on the trot in the competition.
With the win over UAE, India has now virtually sealed a spot in the quarterfinals.
Earlier on Tuesday, India beat Kazakhstan 5-0 in their opening match.
Aakarshi Kashyap and Lakshya Sen took Sindhu and Prannoy's spots in the women's and men's singles respectively on Wednesday.
Sen was the first to start the proceedings for India and he easily defeated Dev Vishnu 21-16 21-12 in 31 minutes.
Aakarshi then took just 26 minutes to outplay Madhumitha Sundarapandian 21-6 21-7 and give India 2-0 lead.
The men's doubles pair of Dhruv Kapila and Chirag Shetty made it 3-0 with 21-15 21-14 over the duo of Dev Ayyappan and Dhiren Ayyappan.
The women's doubles pair of Ashwini Bhat and Shikha Gautam as well as the mixed doubles duo of Ishaan Bhatnagar and Tanisha Crasto then completed the formalities with easy wins over their respective opponents.
While Ashwini and Shikha beat the UAE pair of Sanika Dhawan and Akansha Raj 21-7 21-4, Ishaan and Tanisha defeated Latheesh Bharath and Rajesh Nayonika 21-13 21-8.
India play Malaysia in their last Group B match on Thursday, which will be their toughest fixture.
The top two teams from each of the four-team four groups will qualify for the quarterfinals.
(With inputs from PTI)
