The young Indian men’s team suffered an embarrassing 0-5 defeat against Korea in the opening group A match of the Badminton Asia Team Championships here on Tuesday.

Lakshya Sen lost 11-21, 19-21 to Jeon Hyeok Jin. The pairing of Ravikrishna PS and Sankar Prasad Udayakumar then slumped to a 8-21, 10-21 defeat against Hwi Tae Kim and Kim Jaehwan. Kiran George then lost to Joo Wan Kim 18-21, 14-21 as Korea took a 3-0 lead.