Jeddah, Aug. 8 -- The Indian basketball team lost their second consecutive Group C game in the ongoing FIBA Asia Cup 2025 as they lost to China 100-69 on Thursday.

After almost pulling off a historic upset in their tournament opener against Jordan, world No. 76 India suffered their second successive loss in the competition against 30th-ranked China.

Sahaij Sekhon was the top scorer for India with 14 points, while Mingxuan Hu and Jiayi Zhao led the way for China with 17 points each, as per Olympics.com.

Palpreet Singh Brar scored the first points of the match by sinking a two-pointer to get India on the scoreboard.

However, China soon seized control of the action by going on a 12-point run before India looked to fight their way back in...