<p>The young Indian men's team, led by world championship bronze medallist Lakshya Sen, suffered an embarrassing 0-5 defeat against Korea in the opening group A match of the Badminton Asia Team Championships, here on Tuesday.</p>.<p>A lot was expected from India Open winner Lakshya but the world number 13 Indian went down 11-21 19-21 to Jeon Hyeok Jin in 42 minutes.</p>.<p>The pairing of Ravikrishna PS and Sankar Prasad Udayakumar, who had reached the finals of the Odisha Open, then slumped to an 8-21 10-21 defeat against Hwi Tae Kim and Kim Jaehwan as India lagged 0-2.</p>.<p>World number 75 Kiran George, who had won his maiden super 100 crowns in Odisha, then failed to get across Joo Wan Kim, losing 18-21 14-21 to Joo Wan Kim in 42 minutes as Korea grabbed an unassailable 3-0 lead.</p>.<p>Nothing changed in the second doubles with Manjit Singh Khwairakpam and Dingku Singh Konthoujam losing 7-21 15-21 to Yong Jin and Na Sung Seung.</p>.<p>Mithun Manjunath then put up a brave effort before going down 16-21 27-25 14-21 against Min Sun Jeong in the fifth and final match.</p>.<p>The men's team will next face Hong Kong on Thursday.</p>.<p>The Indian women's team will start their campaign against hosts Malaysia in group Y on Wednesday.</p>.<p><strong>Watch the latest DH Videos here:</strong></p>
<p>The young Indian men's team, led by world championship bronze medallist Lakshya Sen, suffered an embarrassing 0-5 defeat against Korea in the opening group A match of the Badminton Asia Team Championships, here on Tuesday.</p>.<p>A lot was expected from India Open winner Lakshya but the world number 13 Indian went down 11-21 19-21 to Jeon Hyeok Jin in 42 minutes.</p>.<p>The pairing of Ravikrishna PS and Sankar Prasad Udayakumar, who had reached the finals of the Odisha Open, then slumped to an 8-21 10-21 defeat against Hwi Tae Kim and Kim Jaehwan as India lagged 0-2.</p>.<p>World number 75 Kiran George, who had won his maiden super 100 crowns in Odisha, then failed to get across Joo Wan Kim, losing 18-21 14-21 to Joo Wan Kim in 42 minutes as Korea grabbed an unassailable 3-0 lead.</p>.<p>Nothing changed in the second doubles with Manjit Singh Khwairakpam and Dingku Singh Konthoujam losing 7-21 15-21 to Yong Jin and Na Sung Seung.</p>.<p>Mithun Manjunath then put up a brave effort before going down 16-21 27-25 14-21 against Min Sun Jeong in the fifth and final match.</p>.<p>The men's team will next face Hong Kong on Thursday.</p>.<p>The Indian women's team will start their campaign against hosts Malaysia in group Y on Wednesday.</p>.<p><strong>Watch the latest DH Videos here:</strong></p>