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NEW DELHI, July 28: With the decrease in the number of teams entering the institutional table tennis championships every year, it has become quite predictable to name the winners. And with teams like the Petroleum Sports Control Board PSCB, Railway Sports Control Board RSCB and the Banks Sports Board among men and PSCB, RSCB and Union Bank in the women8217;s section, few other combinations can even think of scoring an upset.
PSCB, reigning champions in both the men8217;s and women8217;s, have been given the pride of place in the team event draw which were held here on Tuesday for the 28th All India Institutional Table Tennis Championships, scheduled to be held at the Community Hall, Petro Chemicals Township, Vadodara Gujarat, from August 1 to 7.
Arjun Dutta of PSCB is reported to be down with jaundice and hence will not make it to the team. Two top teams from each group will qualify for the knockout stage. PSCB men8217;s triumph in the championships can easily be predicted even before the first service in the competition.
The same, however, cannot be said in the women8217;s category where PSCB MS Mythili, B Bhuvaneswari, Kanchan Basak and Niyati Shah face stiff resistance from the Railways pair of Anindita Chakraborty and Mantu Ghosh.In the women8217;s event, there are only seven teams which have been divided into two groups, with PSCB and the Railways heading the two groups.
Team events will be conducted on the first three days August 1-3 and the individual events on the next four days.
Team Championship
Men:
Group A: Petroleum Sports Control Board, Indian Bank, Union Bank of India, Postal.
Group B: Railway Sports Control Board, State Bank of India, Telecom.
Group C: Life InsuranceCorporation, All India Electricity Control Sports Board, State Bank of Indore, Central Civil Services Cultural and Sports Board.
Group D: Banks Sports Board, Food Corporation of India, Major Ports Sports Control Board, Steel Plant.
Women:
Group A: Petroleum Sports Control Board, Union Bank of India, Life Insurance Corporation.
Group B: Railway Sports Control Board, Banks Sports Board, Postal, Telecom.
