India vs Chinese Taipei, HIGHLIGHTS Volleyball Asian Games: India wins 3-0, advances to Top 6 Classification round - Hangzhou 2022 updates

India wins the contest 25-22, 25-22, 25-21 and advances to the 1-6th place playoffs.

India has done it! It wins the third set 25-21 and advances to the next round.

Chinese Taipei won a point through Chen but a serve error on the next point hands the advantage back to India. 23-19 now.

The score is 22-18. Tseng makes an attacking error and gets India four points clear.

India is now 21-18 for the good. Amit got a block in on Wu’s attack and puts his team just four points away from a win.

The score is 17-15 now. Ashwal Rai and Vinit Kumar getting the points for India from the net.

The score is 14 all. Chinese Taipei is going full throttle in attack and forcing mistakes out of India.

The deficit all of a sudden has dropped to two points. For Chinese Taipei, this is the do or die set and it would throw the kitchen sink now. 12-10 in favour of India.

India leads 12-7 now. A serve error from Amit but India still has a good enough cushion.

India has a six point lead at 10-4. Chinese Taipei commiting errors which has helped India’s cause.

A 5-2 advantage for India as the second set commences. India needs to win this set and stay in the hunt for a medal.

India closes the set with two consecutive points. Lin with a blocking error while Chen is unable to make a legal return.

Amit commits a service error which gets Chinese Taipei within one point. 23-22 in favour of India.

A 21-19 lead for India. Ashwal Rai and Shameem get India the last two points.

Amit gets a block point first followed by another in attack. India leads 19-17.

The score is 17 apiece. Chinese Taipei winning points with attack and blocks to pare the scores. A nervy finish to the set.

India stays 14-12 in the lead. Errors from Shameem and Vinit allowing Chinese Taipei to cut the lead to just two points.

The lead now balloons to 12-8 with an attack point from Ashwal Rai and an error from Tseng of Chinese Taipei.

The score is 10-8 in favour of India. Amit and Erin winning attack points for the Indians.

Tsai gets an attack point for Chinese Taipei while Wu makes a block to get the points ticking. India still 6-3 ahead.

India leads 3-0 at the start of the second set with the last two points coming from Ashwal Rai and captain Vinit Kumar.

Erin Varghese and Ashwal Rai combine to win India the final two points of the set. Both make successful blocks and India has taken the lead in the contest with a 25-22 win in the first set.

It trailed 17-21 at one point but dug out a turnaround. It will hope to sustain that momentum as the second set begins.

A serve point from Appavu gets India a slender advantage of 22-21.

India has levelled the first set 21-21. It covered a gap of four points from 17-21.

A serve error from Chang and another attacking mistake from Lin makes the score 19-21.

The opponents have extended their lead back to four points. India trails 15-19. The last two points came with a dig error from Hari Prasad and a spike from Chen.

India closes down the deficit to 11-13. Erin Varghese with three points, including a block point, is the highest scorer for India.

India is trailing 6-10 in the first set.

India had lost its last five games against South Korea. With odds stacked against it, India sprung a surprise on Wednesday. Here is Aashin Prasad, our correspondent in Hangzhou, with the ground report.

Hello one and all. India created history with its topling of the higher-ranked South Korea on Wednesday. With it, it ended the Pool stage in first place.

The series of stern tests do not end, however, as India faces another top 50 side in Chinese Taipei. Ranked at No. 43 in the world, Chinese Taipei is the seventh-best in Asia, much higher than India’s world ranking of 73.

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