India's challenge at the 14th World Junior men's squash championship in North Palmerston, New Zealand [Images], came to an end on Tuesday, with the third round exit of Sandeep Jangra and Parth Sharma.

Sandeep lost to Tom Pashley of England [Images] 5-9, 5-9, 1-9 while Parth went down to Simon Rosner of Germany [Images] 0-9, 2-9, 1-9.

Earlier in the day, in their second round matches, both Sandeep and Parth moved ahead in contrasting fashion.

Sandeep scored a 3-0 victory while Parth fought hard to win the match in five games.

Other four Indians in fray bowed out in the second round of the tournament.

Results (Indians only):

Round 3: Sandeep Jangra lost to Ton Pashley (Eng) 5-9, 5-9, 1-9; Parth Sharma  lost to Simon Rosner (Ger) 0-9, 2-9, 1-9.

Round 2: Parth Sharma bt Benjamin Fischer (Sui) 0-9, 9-8, 9-4, 6-9, 9-1; Sandeep Jangra bt Bastin M (HK) 9-2, 9-0, 9-3; Naresh Kumar lost to David Letourneau  (Can) 1-9, 10-8, 10-8, 3-9, 7-9; Harinderpal Singh Sandhu lost to Colin West (Can) 2-9, 9-2, 9-2, 3-9, 1-9; Vikram Malhotra lost to Ramy Ashour 0-9, 3-9, 2-9; Ramit Tandon lost to Joe Lee 5-9, 3-9, 1-9; Sandeep Jangra bt Alan Tsang (HK) 9-2, 9-0, 9-3.