MP shuttlers triumph
HERALD SPORTS DESK
PANJIM, OCT 26
MP thumped Chhattisgarh 3-2 in Rahimtoola Cup for men at the NRB inter-state West Zone Badminton Championship at SAG Indoor Stadium, Campal here on Tuesday. Maharashtra emerged victorious in the other three events held for boys, girls and women.
Results: Narang Cup (boys): Maharashtra bt Gujarat 2-0. Shubhankar Dey bt Tejas Shah 21-11, 21-12; Sarang Lakhani and Bhishal Das bt Tejas Shah and Aamir Sumra 21-15, 21-13.
Shafi Qureshi Cup (girls): Maharashtra bt Gujarat 2-1. Gauri Ghate bt Anjali Rawat 2-1, 21-11, 15-21, 21-11; Saee Purandare and Manasi Gadgil lost to Anjali Rawat and Nimmi Patel 18-21, 19-21; Riya Pillai bt Nimmi Patel 21-11, 21-10.
Rahimtoola Cup (men): MP bt Chhattisgarh 3-2. Sourabh Verma bt Venkat Gaurav 21-14, 21-10; Prateek Singh lost to Pawan Malik 8-21, 15-21; Vishal Chandwani and Prakash Dhakad lost to Manish Gupta and Venkat Gaurav 21-14, 16-21, 18-21; Anurag Thakkar bt Sanjay Mishra 21-9, 12-21, 21-18; Sourabh Verma and Anurag Thakkar bt Pawan Malik and Himanshu Verma 21-14, 21-18.
Chadha Cup (women): Maharashtra bt MP 2-0. Arundhati Panthwane bt Garima Yadav 21-11, 21-10; Gauri Ghate and Sayee Purandare bt Saloni Yadav and Garima Yadav 21-15, 21-15.
