Maldives’ Mohamed Shiham Yaish assaults Uzbekistan
Colombo, Sri Lanka, October 10, 2024 – Uzbekistan prolonged their excellent run on Day 5 of the CAVA Males’s U20 Volleyball Championship on the Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium right here after securing a incredible straight-set win towards the Maldives.
Uzbekistan, which have but misplaced a match to their respective opponents, carried out brilliantly within the match which turned out to be one-way visitors on Thursday. Uzbekistan, led by Adilbek Muratabaev, got here up with actually good serving, whereas Bilolbek Hakimov’s efficient blocking and the crew’s defence created a whole lot of issues to the Maldives.
Uzbekistan took the primary two units with out a lot effort 25-12, 25-10, however the Maldives regained their composure within the third set and challenged the rivals significantly. Nonetheless, they may not preserve their rhythm till the top. Uzbekistan went on their assaults to seize the set 25-16 and the 61-minute match.
Adilbek Muratabaev performed a giant position in main Uzbekistan to the straight-set victory, bagging 16 factors from 9 assaults and seven aces, whereas Bilolbek Hakimov added one other 13 factors. Ali Iyan led Maldives with 9 factors together with 7 assaults from 18 makes an attempt.
Elsewhere, Turkmenistan powered previous host nation Sri Lanka 3-1 (25-22, 25-18, 22-25, 25-16) in a well-fought encounter.
Bayramgeldi Berdiyev tallied 11 factors together with 4 blocks and a couple of aces for Turkmenistan, whereas Yazmyrat Merdanov contributed 10, all in assault. Thenuka W. A. A. was the Sri Lanka’s most efficient participant to ship a powerful 18 factors together with 17 assaults from 42 makes an attempt.
As Sri Lanka fared higher in assaults (43 to 39), Turkmenistan did an excellent job in blocks (12 to 11) and benefitted extra from opponent error (43 to 24). Each side carried out nicely in service to hold out 3 aces apiece.
The ultimate match noticed Kyrgyzstan survive an enormous scare from Nepal to seize a hard-fought five-set thriller 25-23, 25-21, 21-25, 22-25, 19-17 in exhausting 126 minutes.
Zalkarbek Ergeshov scored a match-high 22 factors from 21 kills and one block for Kyrgyzstan, with Akmat Paiazuulu and Temirlan Temirbekov contributing 16 and 15 factors respectively.
Nepal had 5 gamers who scored double digits, with Sagar Rasouli harvesting 22 factors together with 21 kills from 41 makes an attempt. Shailendra Yadav and Arjun Nepali added 17 and 11 factors respectively, whereas Vishwas Adhikari and Pahal Gahatraj scored 10 apiece.
As groups had accomplished 4 matches, with only one left within the single round-robin preliminaries on Friday, Uzbekistan maintained their high spot on the six-team standings with 11 factors from 4 straight wins. Turkmenistan are trailing in shut second with only one level behind from three wins towards one loss.
Nepal got here in third place with seven factors from two wins towards two losses, whereas Kyrgyzstan had solely 4 factors from two wins towards two losses to complete fourth. Hosts Sri Lanka have been positioned fifth with 4 factors from one win towards three losses and winless Maldives completed backside of the sixth place with no level earned.
The match continues to warmth up as groups battle it out for high spots within the pool stage, setting the stage for an exhilarating Day 6 of competitors.
On Friday, the ultimate day of the preliminaries, Nepal will go up towards Turkmenistan at 14.00pm native time, whereas hosts Sri Lanka will tackle Uzbekistan at 16.00pm and Maldives problem Kyrgyzstan at 18.00pm.
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