On the third day of the Central Asia Men’s Volleyball Challenge Cup saw the favorite for the day Afghanistan go down fighting against Nepal 3 sets to two. Nepalis did a strong job by holding the Afghanistan in the first set winning the same 25-19. Though they won this set Afghanistani players fought until the last moment coming closer at 23 – 20.
The second set saw Afghans make amends to overcome Nepali spikers from the beginning in all departments of the game to come to equal terms by winning the set 25-19. This victory in the second set was a moral booster for them. And they got off to a flying start scoring at will to outplay their opponents. They failed to have a good start during this third set but went ahead to take firm 2-1 set lead.
Nepalis came back gallantly soon after and managed to take the fourth set 25-21 which led the game go for the five setter which saw the Nepal take it in a simple manner at 15 points to 10 victory to take the set and the match.
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