King Shuttlers and Solitaire Shuttlers recorded their third wins in the competition to stay in contention of progressing to the final round of the 2nd Yonex Sunrise- NSCI Badminton League (NBL), and played at the NSCI badminton hall, Worli.
Action during the Round-IV league matches of the 2nd NSCI Badminton League
In Roud-4 matches, King Shuttlers defeated Rajdhani Royal 3-2, while Solitaire Shuttles quelled the challenge from Roaring Raqueteers and coasted to a 4-1win.
Meanwhile, Maverick Aces returned back to winning form as they pulled off a 3-2 win against Giant Slayers, who have lost all four rounds.
Earlier in Round-III encounters, Roaring Raqueteers worked hard to overcome Giant Slayers 3-2, King Shuttlers got the better of Maverick Aces 3-2 and Rajdhani Royal tamed Solitaire Shuttlers 4-1.
Results (round-III league): Roaring Raqueteers beat Giant Slayers 3-2 (Yash Golecha/Romit Nagpal bt Siddharth Doshi/Sanjay Gandhi 21-13, 21-23, 15-10; Varun Sachdev/Neelam Chhabra lost to Hamir Desai/Shalini Kandhari 18-21, 15-21; Ashu Jain/Sanath Agarwal 21-14, 21-19; Kareem Jaffer/Pawan Jain lost to Hamir Desai/Naresh Mirpuri 6-21, 11-21; Keyur Gandhi/Yash Golecha bt Harry Singh/Raj Golecha 21-13, 21-18).
King Shuttlers beat Mavericks Aces 3-2 (Bimal Parekh/Kapil Suneja lost to Ajay Hinduja/Chetan Shah 9-21, 17-21; Nitika Thakur/Nilay Choksey beat Kavita Jain/Mahesh Ahuja 21-13, 21-14; Yamir Sanghvi/Suneet Kabra lost to Rishabh Ghia/Jai Sonthalia 21-14, 16-21, 12-15; Pranamaya Joshi/Pratik Chhabra bt Rakesh Khatwani/Anil Sonthalia 21-15, 21-14; Yamir Sanghvi/Darshak Tanna bt Ajay Hinduja/Rajendra Mehra 21-17, 21-14;
Rajdhani Royal beat Solitaire Shuttlers 4-1 (Amay Yardhitah/Chirag Mansukhani bt Bonish Shah/Sunil Tanwani 21-19, 15-21, 15-8; Priyanka Haria/Nikhil Haria bt Puja Kothari/Nirav Savla 21-11, 21-10; Aparna Popat/Amir Valiulla lost to Nikhil Mansukhani/Nikhil Bansali 21-19, 15-21, 14-15; Rajnish Gupta/Jeet Kapadia bt Nazim D./Neeral Shah 17-21, 21-15, 21-12; Mayur Saraf/Mayur Bhojwani bt Tushar Jhaveri/Manish Jain 21-8, 17-21, 14-14).
Results (round-IV league): King Shuttlers beat Rajdhani Royal 3-2 (Suneet Kabra/Pranamaya Joshi bt Mayur Saraf/Mayur Bhojwani 21-12, 21-16; Kajal Mehta/Nilay Choksey lost to Priyanka Hariya/Nikhil Hariya 15-21, 12-21; Pratik Chhabra/Darshak Tanna bt Ajay Vardhan/Chirag Mansukhani 21-10, 21-8; Pratik Chhabra/Yamir Sanghvi bt Rajnish Gupta/Jeet Kapadia 21-9, 26-24; Kapil Suneja/Kartik Mohta lost to Aparna Popat/Amir Valliula 7-21, 11-21).
Solitaire Shuttles beat Roaring Raqueteers 4-1 (Sunil Tanwani/Rahul Mehta lost to Yash Golecha/Shaival Jhaveri 21-19, 9-21, 11-15; Supriya Devgun/ Nazim D. bt Neelam Chhabra/Amit Wardhan 21-6, 21-8; Nikhil Mansukhani/Neeral Shah bt Ashish Kapila/Sunil Seth 21-16, 21-17; Tushar Mehta/Manish Jain bt Ashish Jalan/Kareem Jaffer 21-12, 21-10; Nikhil Mansukhani/Nikhil Bhansali bt Shaival Jhaveri/Keyur Gandhi 21-11, 21-15).
Maverick Aces beat Giant Slayers 3-2 (Rishabh Ghia/Aksh Shah bt Ashu Jain/Manish Agarwal 21-13, 21-13; Kavita Jain/Jai Sonthalia bt Sejal Seth/Harry Singh 21-12, 21-14; Chetan Shah/Ajay Hinduja bt Siddharth Doshi/Sanjay Gandhi 21-15, 21-15; Vishal Anand/Rohit Kapoor lost to Naresh Mirpuri/Raj Golecha 19-21, 12-21; Gautam Asudani/Kaushal Zaveri lost to Hamir Desai/Samir Vora 13-21, 21-15, 14-15).