Pakistan open Asian Games Volleyball campaign with comfortable win over Mongolia
Pakistan won against Mongolia in straight sets by 3-0 in their first Volleyball match of 18th Asian Games in Indonesia.
In the first match of Men's Volleyball Pool B, Pakistan defeated Mongolia in straight sets with a score of 25-16, 25-19, 25-14 in a match that last just over an hour. Pakistan is placed in Men's preliminary Pool B with Mongolia and Iran.
The two teams closely followed each other in initial moments of the first set which opened with the Mongolian serve. At 5-5, Pakistan got the break when they got the first 3 point lead at 8-5. The Mongolian side closely chased the Pakistani lead as they closed in at 17-15 but due to a dismal performance they could only take one more point of the last 9 as Pakistan won the set at 25-16.
Mongolia got the early advantage in the second set when they got an initial lead at 3-6, which was further extended to 4-9. The Pakistani side made a comeback from 8-12 to level the scores at 12-12. The scores leveled again at 17-all for the last time when Pakistan took the defining 5 consecutive points on serve from Mubashir Raza. The second set was sealed at 25-19.
The 3rd set was pretty much one-sided as Pakistan dominated from the start and lead at 7-0 with some excellent Spikes from Fahad Raza. A plausible performance from the Pakistan team sealed the set at 25-14.
Aimal Khan scored the most for Pakistan with 13 points. Murad Jehan and Aimal Khan scored 10 points each on Spikes.
