Uttarakhand’s men and women teams have performed brilliantly in the badminton team championship at the National Games. The team has secured two medals for the state in badminton by making it to the semi-finals. Uttarakhand’s women’s team defeated Gujarat 3-2 in the first encounter. In the second encounter, they defeated Karnataka 3-2 and reached the semi-finals and secured Uttarakhand’s first medal for badminton. Uttarakhand’s men’s team defeated Karnataka’s strong team 3-1 and made it to the semi-finals and also secured Uttarakhand’s second medal. In the team match between Uttarakhand and Gujarat held at the Multipurpose Hall at Parade Ground, Aditi Bhatt defeated Gujarat’s Adita Rai 22-20 and 21-18. Gujarat’s Tasneem Mir defeated Uttarakhand’s Akshita Manral 21-12, 13-21 and 23-21. Shreya Lele of Gujarat defeated Unnati Bisht of Uttarakhand by 21-10 and 21-9.
Uttarakhand team remained ahead
The pair of two sisters from Almora, Gayatri Rawat and Mansa Rawat defeated the pair of Senan Christian and Adita Rao of Gujarat by 21-16 and 21-19. Similarly, the pair of Aditi Bhatt and Angel Puneda of Uttarakhand defeated the pair of Shreya Lele and Tasneem Mir of Gujarat by 21-19 and 21-14. Uttarakhand remained ahead in the team with a score of 3-2.
The second match was with Karnataka
The second match of the women’s team of Uttarakhand was with Karnataka. Sneha S of Karnataka defeated Sneha Rajwar of Uttarakhand by sets of 18-21, 21-11 and 21-9. At the same time, Aditi Bisht of Uttarakhand defeated Ayushi Bhatt of Karnataka by 21-8 and 21-15. Akshita Manral of Uttarakhand defeated Shikha Gautam of Karnataka 21-10 and 21-9. Similarly, the pair of Aditi Bhatt and Angel Puneda of Uttarakhand defeated Deepak Raj Aditi and Ponnam BV Vriddhi of Karnataka by 21-11 and 21-9 sets. In this way, the Uttarakhand team defeated Karnataka by a score of 3-2 and made it to the semi-finals. Suryaksh Rawat of Uttarakhand’s men’s team defeated Tushar Suvir of Karnataka by 13-21, 21-14 and 21-11 sets.
Defeated Bhargav S of Karnataka
Chirag Sen of Uttarakhand defeated Bhargav S of Karnataka by 21-18 and 22-20. Dhruv Negi of Uttarakhand defeated Naren Iyer of Karnataka by 19-21, 21-19 and 21-13. On the other hand, Karnataka’s Nithin HV and Asith Surya defeated Uttarakhand’s Chaitin Joshi and Dhruv Rawat 17-21, 21-19 and 21-17. Uttarakhand’s men’s team defeated Karnataka 3-1 to reach the semi-finals. Meanwhile, in the match between Arunachal Pradesh and Rajasthan’s men’s teams, Rajasthan defeated Arunachal Pradesh 4-1. Arunachal’s Tukum La defeated Rajasthan’s Sanskar Rawat 16-21, 23-21 and 21-15.
The match was thrilling
Rajasthan’s Pranay Katta defeated Arunachal Pradesh’s Talar La 21-12, 21-10. Rajasthan’s Manish Phogat defeated Madhya Pradesh’s Samuel Tamang 21-12 and 21-9. While the pair of Mohammad Aman and Sanskar Saraswat of Rajasthan defeated the pair of Choidrup Lobsang and Lobsang Choiden Sherdang of Arunachal Pradesh 21-19 and 21-15. The pair of Murali Sharma and Aryan Tyagi of Rajasthan defeated the pair of Talar La and Tukum La of Madhya Pradesh 21-18 and 21-14.
