Rankireddy and Shetty succumbed 22-24, 14-21 to the Chinese duo of Liang Wei Keng and Wang Chang in a fixture that lasted just under 45 minutes.

Lakshya Sen followed fellow Indian badminton stars PV Sindhu and the duo of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty in being eliminated from the Japan Open Super 750 tournament.

The duo of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty lost the second round match to the 5th-seeded Chinese pair.

In a clash of former world number one pairs, the Indians went down 22-24, 14-21 in a 44-minute contest against the fifth-seeded Chinese duo.

Shubman Gill has been in sublime form with the bat this series, scoring a century at Headingley and following it up with a ...