PSPB Lifts 75th Inter State-Inter Zonal Badminton Championship Title

Petroleum Sports Promotion Board rallied from being 0-2 right down to get the higher of Manipur 3-2 within the remaining to assert the group championship title of the 75th Inter State-Inter Zonal badminton Championship right here on Thursday.

Dingku Singh Konthoujam and Priya Devi Konjengbam surprised Manu Attri and Ashwini Ponnappa 20-22, 21-18, 21-15 within the combined doubles match to provide Manipur an ideal begin.

Maisnam Meiraba then dished out a gritty present to outwit nationwide champion Sourabh Varma 26-24, 21-14 to place Manipur 2-0 forward.

However, Assam’s Ashmita Chaliha noticed off Maheshwari Devi Kshetrimayum 21-10, 25-23 to scale back the deficit to 1-2, whereas Manu and Chirag Shetty mixed to carry PSPB again in rivalry with a 21-16, 21-17 win over Manjit Singh Khwairakpam and Dingku Singh Konthoujam in males’s doubles.

In the decider, 2018 Commonwealth Games bronze medallists N Sikki Reddy and Ashwini Ponnappa beat Priya Devi Konjengbam and Maheshwari Devi Kshetrimayum 21-19, 21-10 to crush Manipur’s dream.

Manipur, who had claimed bronze in 2018 version, had produced a spirited present within the event as they beat Haryana 3-2 on Wednesday and likewise prevailed 3-1 over Airport Authority of India to make it to the ultimate.

Second seed PSPB, alternatively, blanked Uttarakhand 3-0 earlier than beating Karnataka 3-2 to make it to the summit conflict.

In the quarter-finals, Karnataka had defeated Maharashra 3-2, whereas Airport Authority of India had obtained a bye within the opening spherical.

The 84th Senior National Badminton Championships will start on Friday with the likes of HS Prannoy and Kidambi Srikanth vying for honours towards the younger crop together with Kiran George and Priyanshu Rajawat.

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