It was also a special day for Singapore’s Yew Shu Ning as she made her international debut.
Singapore, the 2018 runners-up, held steady despite a brief setback in the second quarter, when shooter Charmaine Soh took a tumble on court and was rested for the remainder of the match. With Lee Pei Shan coming on as shooter, the Singapore team maintained their intensity throughout and continued to hold their opponents off until the end.
Sri Lanka are the Asian Netball Championship defending champions and favourites to win this tournament but they have not had the best of preparations due to the economic instability at home. Despite that, they easily saw off the challenge from India as Sri Lanka came away 102-14 victors in a Group A match.
Singapore and Japan are in Group B alongside Maldives, whom the host will face on Sunday. Japan and Maldives will square off on Monday in the final Group B match.
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