A combined effort from Agastya and Kavya Bansal helped hosts Otters Club sail through to the semi final round of the Otters Inter Club Juniors Squash League 2018, organised by the Indian Squash Professionals to at the Otters Club Squash Courts on Sunday.
Otters Club team at the Otters Inter Club Juniors Squash League 2018 (From left to right – Kavya bansal, agastya Bansal, Varun Shah, Aadish Kancharla, Tanay Punjabi)
Otters Club were a little shaky at the start against NSCI as Tanay Punjabi and Varun Shah both lost to their respective opponents and with only one game to win NSCI was expected to win the tie but Agastya & Kavya Bansal overpowered their respective opponents with both the players only conceding one point through the match. With the game poised equally between the two teams it Adesh K who sealed the deal for Otters Club by winning the fifth rubber against Vivaan Bhatia with a 11-2, 7-11, 11-6 scoreline. Both the teams made it to the semis on the basis of overall points.
In another match Jindal Squash Academy defeated Goregaon Sports club by a narrow margin on their way to the semis. Mohit Bhatt and Nupur Joshi gave Jindal academy just the start they needed by winning both their matches. However Pratap Gupta of JSA did not prove much of a challenge to Vivaan Sagar who outplayed him with a 11-1, 11-1 scoreline. Om Semwal managed to pull things back for Jindal Squash Academy by beating Aryan Mehta 11-3, 12-10 in an exciting finish which helped Jindal seal the last four spot.
Results :
CHEMBUR GYMKHANA lost to TEAM B – CRICKET CLUB OF INDIA (10-40)
Krish Parikh lost to Avani N 6-11, 11-8, 7-11; Mahathi Subramaniam lost to Aryan Diwan 5-11, 8-11; Vedant Bahri lost to Ansh Somani 2-11, 1-11; Vidish Puri bt Sonya Bajaj 6-11, 11-8, 11-8; Pranav Nair lost to Kabir Taraporewala 7-11, 9-11
JINDAL SQUASH ACADEMY – GOREGAON SPORTS CLUB (30-20)
Mohit Bhatt bt Yash Kothari 11-5, 13-11; Nupur Joshi bt Khwahish Nagda 11-6, 11-9; Pratap Gupta lost to Vivaan Sagar 1-11, 1-11; Om Semwal bt Aryan Mehta 11-3, 12-10; Neil Paswan lost to Siddhant Bhandari 5-11, 4-11
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OTTERS CLUB bt THE NATIONAL SPORTS CLUB OF INDIA (30-20)
Tanay Panjabi lost to Krish Shah 9-11, 9-11; Varun Shah lost to Shant Hingorani 11-9, 6-11, 5-11; Agastya Bansal bt Dhanvin P Shraff 11-0, 11-1; Kavya Bansal bt Prini Jain 11-1, 11-0; Adesh K bt Vivaan Bhatia 11-2, 7-11, 11-6
TEAM A – CRICKET CLUB OF INDIA lost to JUHU VILE PARLE GYMKHANA CLUB (20-30)
Armaan D bt Aaryaa O 11-8, 9-11, 12-10; Akanksha Gupta bt Shaurya S 8-11, 11-2, 11-3; Yusuf P lost to Arnav D 5-11, 2-11; Sara V lost to Aryan A 9-11, 4-11; Aditya Chandani lost to Ranbir M 5-11, 6-11