Palembang Aug 20 (IANS) India were assured of its first-ever medal in Sepaktakraw as they entered the semi-finals of the mens team Regu event after finishing second in Group B here on Monday.
There are only six teams in the competition which means India is assured of a medal as the losing semi-finalists will get bronze.
In the preliminary round India got the better of Iran 2-1 later losing to Indonesia 3-0.
They qualified for the last four stage as the second best team in their group.

--IANS dm/ajb/sed