Asia have bucked the odds to lead defending champions Europe by a point after Friday's opening day of the EurAsia Cup in Malaysia.
With Asia leading 3.5 to 2.5 on a day of constant drizzle, Li Haotong birdied the last hole of the final four-ball match for he and Nicholas Fung to draw with Europe's Bernd Wiesberger and Rafa Cabrera Bello.
Asia are seeking their first win in the third EurAsia Cup.
"I don't want to ever sound cocky with a team like Europe, and I'm not going to get cocky, but it's a great start," Asia captain Arjun Atwal said.
"I noticed that every single pairing was comfortable with each other. That was my main goal this week, to just go out there and have fun."
Asia trailed heavily on the first day of the 2014 and 2016 competitions, and lost the first match at Glenmarie Golf and Country Club when Tommy Fleetwood and Paul Casey beat Kiradech Aphibarnrat and An Byeong-hun 4 and 3.
But the Asians levelled through Kang Sung-hoon and Poom Saksansin, who overcame Henrik Stenson and Alexander Levy 5 and 4.
Kang and Poom started with eight-successive birdies and went five up in the first seven holes. They secured victory on the 14th hole.
Yuta Ikeda and Gavin Green kept up the momentum to beat Thomas Pieters and Thomas Fitzpatrick 2 and 1.
Green, who clinched the Asian Tour Order of Merit last month, won the match with two birdie putts in the final three holes to give Asia their second point.
Europe drew level when Ross Fisher and Tyrrell Hatton brushed aside SSP Chawrasia and Anirban Lahiri 5 and 4.
But Asia went back in front when Hideto Tanihara and teenager Phachara Khongwatmai beat Alex Noren and Paul Dunne by two holes.
Captain Thomas Bjorn promised Europe would return stronger on Saturday in the six foursome matches.
"I suspect that we'll go out tomorrow and be ready to play, and foursomes is a very different game," Bjorn said.
"We feel like we knew we could find ourselves in this position, and we knew this Asian team is very strong and very much ready to play."
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