India shock Nigeria within the opener of FIVB U19 Boys World Championship

India shocked two-time African champion Nigeria 17-25, 25-23, 25-21, 26-24 of their opening match of the 2021 FIVB U19 Boys World Championship at Azadi stadium in Tehran, Iran.
Tanish Choudhary (21 factors), Aman Kumar (19) and Harshit Giri (12) have been India’s finest scores whereas for Nigeria Abdulquadri Jaiyeola (15) and Michael Anari (14) have been the most effective scorers.
The Africans, ranked world No. 9, started promisingly after the primary set solely to succumb to the Indians.
India with a world rating of 49 now have six factors from two matches as Guatemala withdrew because of the Covid-19 pandemic. Other groups within the Group ‘A’ embrace hosts Iran (match on August 25) and Poland (on Aug 26), who’re world No.14.
Out of 20, solely 18 groups are competing within the seventeenth version after the Dominican Republic additionally joined Guatemala as few of their gamers turned Covid-19 optimistic. Italy are the reigning champions which they gained in Tunis two years in the past whereas hosts Iran (2017 champs), Brazil (2003 champs) and Russia are the contenders. The event consists of two swimming pools of 4 and two swimming pools of 5, with the highest two from every advancing to the knockout stage.
Indian squad: Sandeep (Rajasthan), Sameer Chaudhary (captain, Delhi), Aman Kumar (Haryana), Harshit Giri (Chamdigarh), Ajay Kumar (Haryana), Tanish Choudhary (Delhi), Joshnoor Dhindsa (Punjab), Jibin Job (Kerala), Dushyant Singh (Rajasthan), Srinath Selvakumar (Tamil Nadu), Dibyam Shahi (Uttar Pradesh), Chikkanna Venu (libero, TN).Head coach: Pritam Singh Chauhan, assistant coach: Praveen Kumar Sharma & Bijoy Babu (assistant coaches)