manila philippines doubles specialist satwiksairaj rankireddys absence proved crucial as the indian mens team suffered a 14 loss against a young malaysian side in its second group b match of the badminton asia team championships on thursday with satwik pulling out the event due to an ankle sprain india were forced to field two scratch pairs mr arjun and chirag shetty and dhruv kapila and lakshya sen both of whom lost their respective tieskidambi srikanth was the only shuttler to register a win as world no 11 b sai praneeth and hs prannoy too went down in the other singles in straight games at the rizal memorial sports complexafter this loss india finished second in the group and will now take on thailand in the quarterfinals on fridayafter a 41 win over minnows kazakhstan in the opening match india locked horns with malaysia and with satwik missing the onus was on praneeth to give india a good start but the world championships bronze medallist lost 1821 1521 to world no 14 lee zii jia chirag and arjun then lasted just 31 minutes before going down 1821 1521 to world no 8 malaysian combination of aaron chia and soh wooi yik as india lagged 02former world no 1 srikanth then struggled past 23yearold cheam june wei a 2014 youth olympic games gold medallist 1421 2116 2119 to make it 12 after the first three tieshowever the makeshift pair of dhruv and lakshya couldnt get past world no 17 pair of ong yew sin and teo ee yi losing 1421 1421 in 27 minutes as malaysia took an unassailable 31 leadin the third singles prannoy was no match for leong jun hao a 2017 world junior championships silver medallist and a 2017 asian junior champion as he went down 1021 1521 in 34 minutes to hand malaysia a comfortable 41 victoryit will take an extraordinary effort from india now to get across thailand in the quarterfinalsthailand boasts quality players such as world no 12 kantaphon wangcharoen threetime world junior champion kunlavut vitidsarn and 2018 japan open runnersup khosit phetpradab in the singles