<p>The men’s squash team settled for a silver after losing their title match against Malaysia as India rounded off their campaign in the second Asian Youth Games with a 10th-place finish here on Friday. <br /><br /></p>.<p>India finished with an overall tally of 14 medals (three gold, four silver and seven bronze) after the trio of Madhav Yogesh Dhingra, Kush Kumar and Vijay Meena lost 1-2 against the Malaysians in a hard-fought men’s squash team event final. <br /><br />Vijay Meena was the first to take the court against Yow Eain at the OSC Squash Hall and the contest turned out to be an exciting clash.<br /><br />Eain took the first two games before Meena made a comeback to level the scoreline at 2-2. In the decider, the lanky Indian started off well and reeled off seven straight points to make it 7-1. He kept up the momentum and put on display some fine fronthand cross-court shots to win the contest 5-11, 7-11, 11-9, 11-6, 11-5 in over an hour contest.<br /><br />India’s gold medallist in the men’s singles squash competition, Kush Kumar could not repeat his magic and was humbled by Mohammad Syafiq 2-3 in another hard-fought contest. Kush lost 4-11, 11-7, 3-11, 12-10, 6-11 in 55 minutes. <br /><br />In the third and final match, Yogesh Madhav Dhingra failed to provide any resistance to Lunn Ti Chan and lost 1-3 in 37 minutes.</p>
<p>The men’s squash team settled for a silver after losing their title match against Malaysia as India rounded off their campaign in the second Asian Youth Games with a 10th-place finish here on Friday. <br /><br /></p>.<p>India finished with an overall tally of 14 medals (three gold, four silver and seven bronze) after the trio of Madhav Yogesh Dhingra, Kush Kumar and Vijay Meena lost 1-2 against the Malaysians in a hard-fought men’s squash team event final. <br /><br />Vijay Meena was the first to take the court against Yow Eain at the OSC Squash Hall and the contest turned out to be an exciting clash.<br /><br />Eain took the first two games before Meena made a comeback to level the scoreline at 2-2. In the decider, the lanky Indian started off well and reeled off seven straight points to make it 7-1. He kept up the momentum and put on display some fine fronthand cross-court shots to win the contest 5-11, 7-11, 11-9, 11-6, 11-5 in over an hour contest.<br /><br />India’s gold medallist in the men’s singles squash competition, Kush Kumar could not repeat his magic and was humbled by Mohammad Syafiq 2-3 in another hard-fought contest. Kush lost 4-11, 11-7, 3-11, 12-10, 6-11 in 55 minutes. <br /><br />In the third and final match, Yogesh Madhav Dhingra failed to provide any resistance to Lunn Ti Chan and lost 1-3 in 37 minutes.</p>