World no.9 PV Sindhu, seeded fourth, was stunned 15-21 21-12 18-21 by the 38th ranked Wardani in their first-ever face-off at the international level on Thursday night.
Indian shuttlers Lakshya Sen and Saina Nehwal will be looking forward to repeating the feat of legendary Prakash Padukone and Pullela Gopichand ahead of the All England Championships.
Prannoy began the proceedings for India in their final Group B match and had to fight hard against world no.4 Zii Jia Lee before stunning his rival. Sindhu took just 34 minutes to beat lower-ranked Ling Ching Wong.
PV Sindhu, the defending champion, has been having a terrible run of play and is hoping to turn things around at the Swiss Open Super 300 competition.
Though India lost the keenly contested rubber, they will return home with a first-ever medal -- a bronze -- from the continental tournament.
India began their Asia Mixed Team Championships campaign with a 5-0 thrashing of Kazakhstan in a group match with star shuttlers P V Sindhu and H S Prannoy notching up easy wins.
Prannoy H.S. defenestrated Chinese Taipei's Tzu Wei Wang to kick off the campaign with a win on Tuesday.
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The tie was already inconsequential for Prannoy, as he had lost his earlier two Group A matches.
Prannoy put up a brave effort but couldn't go the distance, losing 21-23 21-17 19-21 in a gruelling 84-minute contest.
With Srikanth not competing in Sydney, all focus will be on Sameer Varma and Mithum Manjunnath.
