Pakistan advance to semi-final of World Juniors Team Squash Championship

Pakistan will play against Egypt in the semi final today at 3:00pm

August 20, 2022
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KARACHI: Pakistan has qualified for the semi final of World Juniors Team Squash Championship beating India 2-0 in the quarter final.

Hamza Khan and Noor Zaman defeated their Indian opponents in their respective singles to help Pakistan knock India out and confirm meeting with Egypt in the semi-final.

Noor Zaman drew the first blood when he outclassed Kirshna Mishra comfortably with score of 14-12, 11-8, 11-4 in just 32 minutes.

However, Hamza Khan faced some resistance from Arnaav Sareen and the young Pakistani athlete had to work hard for 47 minutes to win the tie by three games to two.

Khan won first two games 11-6 and 12-10 but lost next two games 1-11 and 6-11 which allowed Sareen to make a comeback in the encounter.

However, Hamza regained his form in final game and won the contest 11-6, 12-10, 1-11, 6-11 and 11-5.

They will now play Egypt, the top seed side, in the semi final on Saturday which will start at 3:00pm PKT.

Pakistan is one of the most celebrated teams in history of World Junior Squash Championship. They had missed playing semi-final in 2018 edition after being beaten by England in Quarter Final. Prior to early exit in 2018, between 1996 to 2016, Pakistan had played 11 consecutive semi-finals, making it to finals of 8 editions and winning four of them

Faizan Lakhani is Deputy Editor (Sports) at Geo News.

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