Diya Chitale and Manush Shah secured a mixed doubles bronze medal at the Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya, marking only the fourth table tennis medal in India's history.
The eighth-ranked Indian duo upset world No. 4 Hong Kong pair Wong Chun Ting and Doo Hoi Kem 3-1 in the quarter-final before falling to China's top-seeded pair.
Foreign coach Massimo Costantini described the achievement as a 'half miracle' given the chaotic and unorganised build-up to the continental event.