POSTED DAE : Feb. 12, 2016

Team event for India begin well - SA Games

India has begun well in the team event with the men and women teams registering wins,both over Nepal by 3-0 margin in the South Asian Games 2016 in Guwahati on Monday.

The team event is conducted on a round-robin format. In the men’s match, Saurav ghosal’s indifferent form was conspicuous as he conceded a game to little known Arhant Keshar Simha in the opening singles. Saurav won but it could have been easier. Kush Kumar and Ravi Dixit were the others who did duty for India and won their matches easily.

In the women’s section, Joshna Chinappa took rest and Dipika Karthik (nee Pallikal) took the stage to set the path to victory. Sunayna Kuruvilla and Akansha Salunkhe completed the job. 
 

The results: Men:

Sri Lanka bt Bangladesh 3-0 (Ravindu H Laksiri bt Md Shopon Pervez 11-5 11-5 11-2; Md Shamil Wakeel bt Md  Shumon 11-3 11-4 11-3; Gihan Suwaris bt Shahid Islam 11-4 11-5 11-8); Nepal lost to Pakistan 0-3 (Amrit Thapa Magar lost to Farhan Zaman 1-11 3-11 7-11; Hira Bahadur Thapa lost to Danish Atlas Khan 5-11 5-11 6-11; Sujan Jwarchan lostto Md Saqib Yousaf 0-11 3-11 3-11); India bt  Nepal 3-0 (Saurav Ghosal bt Arhant Keshar Simha 9-11 11-9 11-6 11-6; Kush Kumar bt Hira Bahadur Thapa 11-5 11-4 11-8; Ravi Dixit bt Sujan Jwarchan 11-4 11-6 11-6); Sri Lanka lost to Pakistan 0-3 (Ravindu H Laksiri lost to Nasir Iqbal 6-11 6-11 7-11; Md Shamil Wakeel lost to Danish Atlas Khan 3-11 4-11 3-11;  Gihan Suwaris lost to Md Saqib Yousaf 12-14 5-11 4-11)

Women: India bt Nepal 3-0 (Dipika Karthik bt Bhawana Sunwar 11-2 11-3 11-9; Sunayna Kuruvilla bt Krishna Thapa 11-3 11-1 11-0; Akanksha Salunkhe bt Bipana Blon 11-2 11-5 11-6); Sri Lanka lost to Pakistan 0-3

(Mihilya Methsarani lost to Maria Toorpaki Wazir 5-11 8-11 5-11; Naduni Gunawardane lost to Sadia Gul 9-11 13-15 11-7 5-11; Fathima Issadeen lost to Sammer Anjum 9-11 1-11 4-11)