Pakistan's Noor, Nasir beat India opponents at Asian Doubles Squash Championships

SARAWAK: Pakistan's first team, comprising Noor Zaman and Nasir Iqbal, outclassed India's Rahul Baitha and Suraj Chand in the Pool B match of the 3rd Asian Doubles Squash Championships 2026 here on Friday.

The duo, dubbed as Pakistan Team One, entered the blockbuster fixture with an unbeaten run and continued their momentum against traditional rivals Baitha and Chand.

In a one-sided fixture that lasted just 24 minutes, Noor and Nasir registered a dominant straight-game victory, outclassing their Indian counterparts 11-5 and 11-9.

The victory, which meant the duo concluded the pool stage unbeaten, also propelled them into the quarter-finals, where they squared off against South Korea's Oh Seojin and Lee Minwoo.

Noor and Nasir faced strong competition in the knockout fixture as Seojin and Minwoo clinched the opening game narrowly by 12-10.

But the Pakistan team soon regrouped and scripted an astounding turnaround by securing the subsequent two games 11-4 and 11-2, respectively, to seal a come-from-behind victory, which powered them into the semi-finals, scheduled to be played here on Saturday.

In another quarter-final, however, Pakistan's second team of Muhammad Hamza Khan and Muhammad Asim Khan suffered a gruelling 2-1 defeat at the hands of Malaysia's Sanjay Jeeva & Duncan Lee and were thus knocked out of the title race.

Hamza and Asim made a spirited start to the knockout fixture as they secured the first game dominantly by 11-4, but could not emulate their brilliance in the subsequent two games, which Jeeva and Lee clinched 11-9 and 11-7, respectively, to cap off a high-reward victory for Malaysia.