Updated On: 24 December, 2020 11:20 AM IST | Mumbai | Hemal Ashar
Virtual meet held to mark 50 years of India`s 1970 men`s water polo silver medal at Bangkok Asian Games

The 1970 silver medal-winning Indian team. Avinash Sarang (extreme left), Tarun Goswami, Ashok Biswas, Piyush Mitra, Bharat Merchant, Samir Kapadia, Abdul Mutlib and Umaid Singh (extreme right)
In December 1970, the Indian men`s water polo team won a silver medal at the Bangkok Asian Games, going down to Japan 2-4 in the final. That has been Indian water polo`s finest moment internationally.
The waterpolo fraternity with the Swimming Federation of India (SFI) recently held a zoom meet, to celebrate 50 golden years of this famous silver medal win.