In the Davis Cup World Group-I tie, India were defeated 0-3 by Norway at  Lillehammer, Norway. In the doubles match yesterday, the Norwegian pair comprising world No.2 Casper Ruud and Viktor Durasovic outclassed Indian pair of Yuki Bhambri and Saketh Myneni 3-6 6-3 3-6.

Having lost both the singles on the opening day, the Yuki-Saketh pair did put up a fight before losing to the fancied Norwegian duo in an hour and 50 minutes.

On day one,  the number one singles player for India, Ramkumar Ramanathan failed to live up to expectations as he suffered a 1-6, 4-6 defeat to his lower-ranked opponent Durasovic. In another singles, Prajnesh Gunneswaran went down to world no. two  Casper Ruud 1-6 4-6.

With Norway taking an unassailable 3-0 lead, the two reverse singles won't be played.