NSCI Badminton: Holders GSC dominate day 2

Mumbai 8th August:  Defending Champions Goregaon Sports Club (GSC) started their Kanji Cup title defence on a high, defeating Thakur Sports Club 3-0 to advance to round 2 of the ongoing Motiram Club (for men), Ullal Cup (women) and Kanji Memorial Cup (for juniors) Inter-Club badminton tournament, organised by Badminton Gurukul and hosted by NSCI at their new badminton courts on Thursday

The Kanji Cup, which is played in the Boy’s U-15, Girls U-15 and Boy’s Doubles U-19 formats started with a Boy’s U-15 tie in which Harsh Sharma of GSC  Shivaan Mishra outplayed Shivaan 21-8, 21-10 to set the tone for the match. In the Girls U-15 tie, Alisha Naik of GSC carried the momentum forward dominating Sugandi Goyal to win  21-11, 21-6 and seal the deal for her team. The doubles tie also went GSC's way to complete the rout.

 In a Motiram Cup tie, PM Mafatlal notched a hard-fought 2-0 victory over a strong CCI 'C' team. After the pair of Harsh and Jatan defeated  Hordmuz and Zaash of CCI  21-11, 16-21, 21-11, Meet Shah stepped up yet again to defeat Rustom Warden 21-9, 23-21.

 Results:

1. Motiram Cup - 

PM Mafatlal bt CCI 'C' 2-0 -  Harsh & Jatan (PM Mafatlal) bt Hordmuz & Zaash (CCI 'C') 21-11, 16-21, 21-11; Meet Shah (PM Mafatlal) bt Rustom Warden (CCI 'C') 21-9, 23-21;Bombay Gymkhana 'B' bt Worli Sports Club 2-0- Faisal & Bimal (Bombay Gym 'B') bt Shreejith Satheeshan & Kapish Patel (Worli Sports Club) 21-11, 21-11; Farhan (Bombay Gym 'B') bt Anish Pawar (Worli Sports Club) 21-12, 21-14; CCI 'B' bt NSCI 'C' 2-0- Neel Ramchandani & Jawad Shaikh (CCI 'B') bt Tushar Jhaveri & Yameer Sanghvi (NSCI 'C') 21-11, 21-17; Jaidev Menon (CCI 'B') bt Keyur Gandhi (NSCI 'C') 21-16, 21-10 Andheri Sports Complex bt NSCI 'B' 2-0- Sachin & Nimesh (Andher Sports Complex) bt Hamir Desai & Jay Sonthalia (NSCI 'B') 21-6, 21-11; Nimesh (Andheri Sports Complex) bt Mayur Bhojwani (NSCI 'B') 21-8, 21-7 

2. Kanji Cup - 

Goregaon Sports Club bt Thakur Sports Club 3-0- Boys Singles Under 15 - Harsh Sharma (Goregaon) bt Shivaan Mishra 21-8, 21-10; Girls Singles Under 15 - Alisha Naik (Goregaon) bt Sugandi Goyal (Thakur) 21-11, 21-6 ; Boys Doubles Under 19 - Tanishk Saxena & Harsh Sharma (Goregaon) bt Kartik Lakshman & Krishna Bhatta (Thakur) 21-11, 21-4