Patna, November 26, 2008
Central Secretariat, Delhi clinched a grand double in the All-India Civil Services carrom championships winning the men’s and women’s singles titles at the Secretariat Badminton Hall here on Wednesday.
Md Nasir Hussain of central Secretariat, Delhi won the men’s singles title defeating RD Dinesh Babu of RSB, Hyderabad 25-8, 25-13 while Geeta Shankar (also from CS Delhi) struggled hard to down her teammate S Rajyalakshmi 25-22, 25-20 for the women’s singles crown.
Men’s singles final was an one-sided affair as National seniors runner-up RD Dinesh Babu failed to live up to his expectations. Dinesh took 6-0 lead in the first set but failed to hold his nerves as Md Nasir played a crisp and well measured game to outplay his rival 25-8 in the first set.
In the second game, Dinesh Babu looked a bit in a hurry as he went for a slam and floundered. Md Nasir kept his cool and played his natural game to outsmart his fancied opponent 25-13.
Earlier, in the men’s singles semi-finals, Md Nasir Hussain beat V Anil Kumar of RSB, Hyderabad 13-25, 25-4, 25-16 and RD Dinesh Babu prevailed over Jitendra Kale of RSB, Mumbai in a three-set match 25-17, 18-25 and 25-21.
Bihar Government’s Building Construction Minister Chhedi Paswan, who was the chief guest at closing function, gave away the prizes. Anjani Kumar Singh, principal secretary, Human Resources Department presided over the function.
Photo caption: Winners of All-India Civil Services carrom championships display their trophies in Patna on Wednesday.
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