Central Railway bag title

The winner8217;s laurels in the men8217;s events rested on the heroics of Bhushan Thakur who downed R Dass in a hard fought 19-21, 21-11, 21-13 and recent Chhatrapati awardee Rohit Chaudhary who eliminated Sanjeev Mehra 21-15, 19-21, 21-19.

The sole win for Central Revenue Sports Board A8217; came via N Ravichandran who lost to Zubin Panthaki 21-16, 21-14. Bhushan Thakur, however, clinched the championship when he came back to win the reverse singles 21-19, 21-18 against Sanjeev Mehra.

In the women8217;s section, it was Mamta Prabhu who restored parity for RCF after Depali Zaveri went down to Salmali Mahtre in a close scoring 26-24, 12-21, 14-21. Even though Mamta went down 17-21 in the first game to Western Railway8217;s Sonia Deshpande, she quickly came back to clinch the next two at 21-13 and 21-18. In the reverse singles, Mamta once again outwitted Salmali 21-17, 21-10.

The RCF doubles duo of Mamta and Amruta joshi then went on to clinch the issue by defeating Salmali and Sonia 21-14, 22-20.

RCF8217;s Mamta Prabhu and Central Railway8217;s Rohit Chaudhary were later adjudged the best players of the tournament.

KV Vaidyanathan, Chief Commissioner of Customs and Excise was the chief guest and gave away the prizes.