India beat South Korea 3-2 to reach the semifinals of the World Junior Table Tennis Championships in Bahrain today. Soumyajit Ghosh did the country proud by a victory in the deciding fifth rubber. Seeded fifth, India began with Harmeet Desai who defeated Chan-Hyeok Park 13-11, 8-11, 11-8, 11-5 and then Ghosh doubled the lead by downing Dong Hyun Kim 11-8, 11-9, 11-9. India came under pressure as South Korea's Baek Kwang II beat G Sathiyan and Desai went down to Kim. Ghosh took the field for the do-or-die contest of the quarter-finals and did not disappoint as he came from behind to beat Chan-Hyeok 7-11, 11-7, 11-5, 11-7. India face top seeded China in the semifinals tomorrow. Earlier, India beat Egypt 3-0 to make the quarter finals.