The Indian women's table tennis team of Diya Parag Chitale, Ayhika Mukherjee and Sutirtha Mukherjee kicked off the day on a positive note as India registered a comfortable 3-0 victory over Nepal on Saturday in the Asian Games. Diya kicked off the proceedings for the Indian team against Nepal's Sikka Shrestha. 

The Indian paddler didn't waste a single moment to establish her dominance in the game.  Within a blink of an eye, she took away the first game by 11-1. She continued to ride on her confidence and took a comfortable five-point lead with the scores reading 7-2.

Shrestha tried to stitch up a comeback but it wasn't enough as Diya took away the second game by 11-6.

In the third game, Shrestha failed to put pressure on the Indian paddler as Diya sealed the third game by 11-8 and wrapped the first game quickly to hand India an early lead.

The second game began with Ayhika taking on Nabita Shrestha, she started the game with a 2-1 lead and then converted it into a 5-3 score-line.

She went on to extend her lead to six points and take away the first game with the scoreline reading 9-3. Ayhika stole away the first game in six minutes by 11-3.

Sutirtha stepped to face Evana Thapa Magar in the third match with the aim of wrapping up the game quickly for India.

Sutirtha didn't allow Evana to breathe for a single moment as she made the score-line read 8-0 in her favour within a flash.

With this victory, India sealed their place in the next round with a 3-0 win over Nepal.