Bihar state badminton: Top players register easy wins in first round matches

Patna, August 26, 2009:
All leading players including top seed Shantnu Kumar of Bhagalpur, Amaritya Raj (Nawada), Amarish Kumar (Samastipur), Prakhar Kumar (Patna) and Gaurav Nirala (Khagaria) had no hic-cups to win their first round matches of the cadet boys’ singles in the Bihar State badminton championship at the Secretariat badminton hall here on Wednesday.

Shantanu Kumar outplayed Ojas Kumar 30-9 while Amartya Raj drubbed Md Aftab Alam 30-15 in one-sided encounters.

Earlier Director General of Police (Bihar), Anand Shankar, inaugurated the tournament in a colourful function. Badri Kumar Rastogi, secretary, Patna District Badminton Association (PDBA) welcomed the guests and Balram Prasad, advisor, PDBA proposed a vote of thanks.

Deepak Kumar, president, PDBA and principal secretary, Urban Development and Housing presided over the function. Rakesh Ranjan, former MLC, KN Jaiswal, secretary, Bihar Badminton Association (BBA), Ashok Kumar Mishra, treasurer, BBA, Rajeev Pratap Rudy, former MP, Anuj Kumar Singh and former state player Omprakash were present at the inaugural function.

Results:
Cadet boys’ singles (first round): Shantanu Kumar bt Ojas Kumar 30-9; Amartya Raj bt Md Aftab Alam 30-15; Amrish Kumar bt Krishma Kumar 30-21; Prakhar Kuamr bt Prakash Kumar 30-19; Saurav Anand bt Md Amir Nasim 30-19; Debanshu Shekhar bt Navneet Kumar 30-28; Arshad Sadab bt Rohit Kumar 30-27; Anudeep Sundram bt Nikhil Kumar 30-15; Neeraj Kumar Hemant Raj 30-20; Vishal Kumar bt Md Rehman Ali 30-26; Md Danish bt Rohit Kumar Ranjan 30-25; Gautam Kumar bt Yogendra Narayan Tiwari 30-13; Gautam bt Akash Kumar 30-13; Aryan Raj bt Rja Shanshir Pratyush Pratik got walk-over.

Sub-junior boys’ singles (first round): Navneet Raj bt Naukhez Haider 30-22; Avinash Sharma bt Pawan Kr Singh 30-27; Md Taushif Alam bt Kumar Arshi Anand 30-09; Md Javed bt Saiyum Bari 30-20; Kumar Abhinav bt Anish Kumar 30-23; Rajat Aryan bt Aditya Chandra 30-10; Sagar Mrinal bt Saddam Hussain Ahmed 30-28; Anup Kumar bt Utkarsh Maskara 30-10; Ankit Kumar bt Kunal Kr Sinha 30-19; Mishir Jha bt Md Danish Akhtar 30-18; Abhishekh bt Mayank Raj 30-10; Gulshan Kumar bt Ankit Kumar 30-16; Kundan Kr Sinha bt Purushottam Kumar 30-16; Rahul Kumar bt Gaurav Kumar 30-27; Raman Gaurav bt Priyanshu Agarwal 30-26; Samar Vijay bt Akash Kumar 30-12; Ashish Ranjan bt Akash Deep 30-29; Uday Rajan bt Dushad Akhter 30-21; Shashi Kant bt Rahul Kumar 30-10; Shubham bt Rahul Kumar 30-25; Ankit Kumar bt Gulshan Kumar 30-15.