21st National sub-junior kabaddi: Rajasthan boys, Maharashtra girls post fluent wins

Patna, October 2, 2009:
Top contenders Rajasthan, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh Tamil Nadu, Vidarbha and Karnataka won their respective matches to earn full points in the boys’ section of the 21st National sub-junior kabaddi championships at the Moinul Haq Stadium here on Friday.

West Bengal, Hyderabad, Maharashtra, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Punjab and Goa girls won their matches cement their positions in the their respective pools.

For the hosts Bihar, it was a mixed day. Bihar boys were lucky enough to get a walk-over against Punjab while Bihar girls lost their match against Haryana after a keen contest at 34-36.

In a pool ‘A’ encounter of the boys’ section, Rajasthan mauled Tripura 54-08 after gaining a decisive 35-6 points lead in the first half. The match between Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat saw some keen tussle as the former struggled hard to beat the latter 46-30.

In girls’ section, Hyderabad struggled hard to beat Karnataka 30-27.

West Bengal girls proved too strong for Uttarakhand 42-14. West Bengal earned 28 points in the first half with four lona points while their rivals Uttarakhand fetched in only 9 points.

In the second half, West Bengal collected 14 points with two lona points while Uttarakhand garnered only five points without a single lona point in the match. For Bengal, Sumiti, Rakhi, Soumi and Aparna displayed tremendous kabaddi skills.

Results:

Boys: Gujarat beat Uttrakhand 49-28; Delhi beat Chhattisgarh 49-31; AndhraPradesh beat Manipur 57-36; Karnataka beat Himachal Pradesh 44-21; Tamil Nadubeat Orissa 42-29; Vidarbha beat West Bengal 62-37; Madhya Pradesh beatAssam 47-26; Uttar Pradesh beat Tripura 43-29; Delhi beat Hyderabad 49-23; Chhattisgarh beat Vidarbha 35-33 Rajasthan beat Uttrakhand 73-8; Manipurbeat Assam 31-23 and Maharashtra beat Kerala 27-9.

Girls:
Goa beat Tripura 60-25; Delhi beat Kerala 35-11; Punjab beat Tripura 55-9; Assam beat Himachal Pradesh 16-10; Karnataka beat Goa 48-4; Delhi beat Jharkhand 48-14; Vidarbha beat Uttrakhand 44-6; West Bengal beat Uttrakhand 42-14; Uttar Pradesh beat Orissa 30-18; Hyderabad beat Karnataka 30-27; Maharshtra beat West Bengal 24-12; Manipur beat Tamil Nadu 43-21; Madhya Pradesh beat Jharkhand 79-17; Maharashtra beat Vidarbha 24-13 and Haryana beat Bihar 36-34.

Photo captions:

Top: Tamil Nadu girls (in blue) defends a raid from Manipur during their 21st National sub-junior kabaddi championships in Patna on October 2, 2009.

Bottom: Maharashtra (in blue) and Vidarbha players in action.

Photos: Aftab Alam Siddiqui