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Bangladesh was eliminated from the men's team event quarterfinal of the the 22nd Commonwealth Games in Birmingham losing to India on Sunday.
Bangladesh, which reached the quarterfinal defeating Fiji and Guyana, faced stronger India and lost the match.
In the doubles match, Indian Harmeet Desai pairing with Sathiyan Gnanasekaran, defeated Rahhimliam Bawm and Ahmed Ridoy of Bangladesh by 3-0 sets. The Indian pair won the games by 11-8, 11-6, and 11-2 points.
In the singles match, Sharath Kamal Achanta defeated Rifat Sabbir by 3-0 sets. Achanta won the games by 11-4, 11-7, and 11-2 points.
In the another singles, Sathiyan Gnanasekaran defeated Moutasin Ahmed Ratul by 3-0 sets. He won the games by 11-2, 11-3, and 11-5 points.
In the games swimming, Bangladeshi swimmers Asif Reza and Sonia Khatun participated in their events and failed to qualify for the next round.
In the women's 50m Butterfly, Sonia Khatun finished 42nd with a timing of 30.94 seconds.
In men's 100m freestyle, Asif finished 50th with a timing of 54.24 seconds.
Bangladeshi athletes will take part in five more events on Monday.
In the swimming, Sukumar Rajbonashi will take part in the heat of the Men's 50m breaststroke, Mahamudun Nobi Nahid will participate in the heat of Men's 100m Butterfly and Morium Akter will compete in Women's 100m Breaststroke.
In Boxing, Bangladesh's Salim will face India's Mohammed Hussam Uddin in the round of 16 fights in the Men's over 54kg- 57kg (Featherweight) category.
Mabia Akter, the national flag bearer of Bangladesh in the Birmingham Commonwealth Games will compete in her event on Sunday
Mabia will be competing in the women's 64 Kg category of Weightlifting.
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