The Indian men’s archery team of Atanu Das, Pravin Jadhav and Tarundeep Rai saw off the team of Kazhakstan in the men’s team 1/8 eliminations event on Monday in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. By virtue of this win, they entered the quarterfinals of the same event.

The Indian team beat the Kazhakstan team of Ilfat Abdullin, Denis Gankin and Sanzhar Mussayev to take the match 6-2.

In set 1, the Indian team started with two 9s and followed it up by an 8 and 9. To finish, they hit two 10s to get a total score of 55. The opponent started with one 10, followed by two 9s and as many 8s and hit a 10 on their last shot to get a total score of 54.

In set 2, the Indian team hit 10, 9, 9, 8, 7, 9 to get a total score of 52. Kazakhstan started with three 8s and followed it up with as many 9s to get a total score of 51.

After the end of two sets, the Indian team led the set 2-0.

In set 3, the Indian team started with 10 and followed it up with 9, 9, 8 and then finished strong with two 10s to get a total score of 56. In set 3, the Kazakhstan team started strong with two 10s and two 9s and finished with a 10 and 9 to get a total score of 57. This was the first time that they were able to take the set.

However, in the 4th set, the Indian team hit 3 10s, two 8s and one 9 to get a total score of 55, while the opponents hot 9, 9, 10, 7, 9 and 10 to get a total score 54.

The Indian team will now face the mighty South Koreans for a place in the semi-finals.

Das made all the difference by hitting six perfect 10s including two Xs to make up for some inconsistent show by the Army duo of Rai and Jadhav.

The Guatemala City World Cup gold medallist Das looked calm and composed and showed tremendous resilience to bounce back after finishing a lowly 35th, four places behind Olympic debutant Jadhav, in the ranking round on the opening day.

The poor finish had resulted in Das’ removal from the mixed team where his wife Deepika Kumari paired up with Jadhav and made a quarterfinal exit following defeat against Korea on Saturday.