The lead would have been a lot more had the Indians not faltered by conceding 800 points on two boards towards the end of the third segment
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The Indian men’s team were leading the Chinese by 27 International Match Points (IMPs) at the half-way stage of the 96-board, six-segment long semi-finals on Tuesday.
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The lead would have been a lot more had the Indians not faltered by conceding 800 points on two boards towards the end of the third segment.
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The match began strongly for India as they won the first segment 62-42. Segment 2 was 22-22. The Indians had taken a big lead of 51 IMPs, but lost 27 in the last four boards of the third segment.
With 48 boards still to play, this semi-final is a close affair. India is being represented by Jaggy Shivdasani, Sandeep Thakral, Rajeshwar Tewari, Sumit Mukherjee, Ajay Khare and Raju Tolani.
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