Online carrom: Nidhi 3rd after 2nd round

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, August 23

Chandigarh’s Nidhi Gupta maintained third position in the women’s category in the ongoing Indian Online Carrom Challenge – 2021-22.

In the men’s category, City lad Mohammed Talib slipped to 14th place with 42 cumulative points (19 23).

Assam’s Abdul Jabbar and Mohammed Sheikh of Karnataka shared the top spot with 20 points (14 6) each.

Kavya Shree of Jharkhand led the women’s tally with 44 points (21 23) while Deepa Naik of Odisha moved to the second place with 48 points (20 28).

Nidhi could not do improve her tally in the second round league and maintain her third position with 54 points (25 29).

Another Chandigarh player, Sanya Chadha, gained a place to finish 14th after the second round.

City girls Vaidhavi and Sangini slipped to 18th and 34th positions, respectively.

In the men’s competition, Chandigarh’s Hassan (32 31), Gopal Kakkar (34 39) and Paras Arora (41 44) slid to 33rd, 40th and 44th positions, respectively.

A total of 88 players (47 men and 41 women) are competing in the league round matches.