At World Juniors 2008, Pune, India

Group Y

India bt Sri Lanka 5-0

Prajakta SAWANT/ Pranav CHOPRA bt Achini RATHNASIRI/ Nuwan HETTIARACHCHI 21-15 21-19
Aditya PRAKASH bt Dilshan KARIYAWASAM 21-10 21-12
Sikki REDDY bt Achini RATHNASIRI 21-10 21-17
Sai Praneeth B./ Pranav CHOPRA bt Nuwan HETTIARACHCHI/ Wijesekera NAYANKANTHA 21-7 21-10
Sikki REDDY/ Thulasi P. C. bt Subodha DAHANAYAKE/ Gayani PERERA 21-7 21-16
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India bt Singapore 4-1

Gurusaidutt R. M. V./ Prajakta SAWANT bt Guorui CHEN/ Lei YAO 21-16 21-16
Saina NEHWAL bt Ting Ting THNG 21-13 21-13
Aditya PRAKASH bt Zong Ren NG 21-9 21-9
Sai Praneeth B./ Pranav CHOPRA bt H C Jeffrey WONG/ Guorui CHEN 21-13 21-9
Saina NEHWAL/ Sikki REDDY l Lei YAO/ Mingtian FU 20-22 12-21

Indian juniors responded powerfully after losing against Hong Kong ... In morning session they crushed Sri Lankan side but in the evening session they scored remarkable victory against Singapore to move into semis ... Aditya Prakash's win was surprising one ... This is first-time Indian Junior team reached semi-final of World Juniors Championship ... They r meeting strong South Koreans for place in the final.