After losing their important semi finals match to King Pong, the Blazing bashers’ team players were back in form today morning, when they fought for the 3rd place for Bronze medal against star studded High Tide team spearheaded by Shubham Ambre, Senhora D’souza, Diya Chitale and Shivam Das, in the 3rd MSL Table tennis Championship organised by 11even Sports is being conducted under the auspices of MCDTTA and MSDTTA at NSCI.
Om Chopade lifted by Blazing bashers’ supporter Jayant Kulkarni , while owner Ruturaj Kukarni(Keft( lis all smiles
Though Senhora D’souza gave a flying start to High Tide team beating Blazing Bashers’ Shweta Parte, Noel Pinto equalled the set score scoring well deserved win over Shubham Ambre. Later Shaurya Pednekar showed his consistency in defeating Shivam Das to give his team much desired 2-1 lead. But, Shubham and Senhora managed to defeat Noel and Shweta in five well fought games to equalise the set score at 2-2. This was followed by Diya Chitale’s win over Mihika Rohira to give her team 3-2 lead.
Blazing Bashers team pose with their owners , Coach and supporters,
At this stage entered little Om Chopade for Blazing Bashers in their sixth crucial match. And, the 6th standard student of Mumbai’s St. Peter’s ICSE School offered the biggest gift to his team by winning his match 3-1 over Yashas Todi, who had earlier beaten him in the Group league match. But, this time Om literally overpowered his opponent to avenge his previous defeat. Om’s win helped the doubles combinations of Blazing Bashers to win the next two matches to ensure bronze medal for their team. Incidentally, this is the first exposure for little Om, as he has arrived in Mumbai this academic year, from Parabhani, because of his father’s transfer. In Parabhani, he had only one club to play that too with one table. The boy certainly shows promise, as he has shown improvisation through every next match he played in MSL.
Blazing Bashers’ supporters celebrating the victory for Bronze with the players.
To celebrate this happy occasion, owners of Blazing Bashers’ owners Sanjay Mehta, Ruturaj Kulkarni and Sanjay Dabadghao hosted a lunch party for their players.
The Results of 3rd and 4th Position match for Bronze medal :
Blazing Bashers’ bt High Tide 5-3
Shweta Parte lost to Senhora D’souza 0-3
Noel Pinto bt Shubham Ambre 3-0
Shaurya Pednekar bt Shivam Das 3-0
Shubham/ Senhora lost to Noel / Shweta 3-2
Mihika Rohira lost to Diya Chitale 0-3
Om Chopade bt Yashas Todi 3-1
Sarosh/Noek bt Shubham/ Ram Rokade 3-0
Shaurya/Mihika bt Shubham/Diya 3-0