Khan, younger brother of WBA light welterweight champion Amir, was outclassed by Asian champion Suranjoy as he lost a rather one-sided bout 9-3.

The home crowd favourite is now set to take on Kenya’s Benson Njangiru in the final on Wednesday (October 13).

Khan, who fought under his grandmother’s name Iqbal, said winning a medal had proved England’s selectors were wrong to ignore him.

The 19-year-old said: "I think I’ve proved my point to the selectors.

"There wasn’t a British boxer in my category in the semi-finals.

"I would love to see the selectors now.

"I should have won that medal for England.

"My aim was to come here and stand on that podium and I’ve got the bronze medal - it means so much to me.

"I'm sure my family’s so happy with that.

"Now I can put my medal next to Amir’s Olympic silver medal."

Khan said he was still aiming to compete in the London Olympics in 2012 where he would fight for Pakistan again.

Meanwhile, there was good news for the British boxers who dominated proceedings in Delhi and guaranteed there will be at least five gold medals among them.

Anthony Ogogo (pictured) of England led the charge as he upset India’s middleweight favourite Vijender Singh.

He will now meet Eamonn O’Kane in the gold medal match after the Northern Irishman beat Welshman Keiran Harding.

"I found his Achilles heel," said former Big Brother star Ogogo after beating Indian favourite Singh.

"I’ve beaten him, I can’t believe it.

"I'm very happy."

The welterweight final will be contested by England’s Callum Smith and Northern Ireland's Patrick Gallagher while in the lightweight final Scotland’s Josh Taylor will take on England’s Tom Stalker after both won their respective semi-finals.

The light-heavyweight final pits Scotland’s Callum Johnson against Northern Ireland’s Thomas McCarthy.

England’s Simon Vallily benefited from a walkover to set up a heavyweight final against Northern Ireland’s Steven Ward, who had a fine 6-1 win over Stephen Simmons of Scotland.

In addition, Paddy Barnes of Northern Ireland is in the light-flyweight final, Sean McGoldrick of Wales is in the bantamweight final and Bradley Saunders of England will fight for light welterweight gold.

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