Carrom challenge: Chandigarh's Nidhi Gupta at 3rd spot after round 1 of league matches
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, August 22
Deepa Naik of Odisha, Kavya Shree from Jharkhand and Chandigarh’s Nidhi Gupta lead at first three positions, respectively, after the 1st round of league matches of the Indian Online Carrom Challenge 2021-22, organised by the All-India Carrom Federation.
In the league matches, four rounds of four boards will be played and the player who finishes each board in minimum chances will stand on the top.
In the first round, Nidhi secured 25 (5+7+6+7) points, while Deepa and Kavya secured 20 (1+11+5+3)
and 21 (4+7+5+5) points, respectively.
Another Chandigarh player, Vaidhavi Mamgain, ended her opening round at the 14th position jointly with Sharmila Borha of Assam with 41 points each. Sanya of Chandigarh shared 15th place jointly with Pushkarni Bhattad of Maharashtra and Rozina Godad of DASCB with 43 points each. Sangini Mamgain is lagging behind at 25th position jointly with Jyoti from Delhi with 75 points each.
In the men’s league, local lad Mohammed Talib shares 10th position with Roshan Ali of Rajasthan and Mohamed Rehan of Uttar Pradesh with 19 points each. Mohammed Hassan and Gopal Kakkar are placed at 21st and 23rd positions by scoring 32 points and 34 points, respectively. Another Chandigarh player, Paras Arora, struggled at 27th position. A total of 47 men and 41 women players are competing in the league round matches.
