Indian sports wrap, October 28: India U-20 women’s football team held by Kazakhstan U-19 in second friendly
The India Under-20 women’s team drew 1-1 against Kazakhstan U-19 in the second and final friendly at the BIIK Sports Complex in Shymkent, Kazakhstan, on Tuesday.
Both goals came in the second half. Adeliya Bekkozhina handed the lead to the host in the 47th minute before Pooja, scoring her second goal in as many games, equalised in the 55th as she got on the end of substitute Bhumika Devi Khumukcham’s cross and headed it in.
As part of their preparations for the AFC U-20 Women’s Asian Cup 2026, the Young Tigresses played two friendly matches against Kazakhstan U-19 in Shymkent.
India won the first friendly 3-2 on Saturday.
Sub-Junior & Junior National Squash C’Ships: Qualifier Anika stuns U-19 girls top seed Unnati
Qualifier Anika Dubey (Maharashtra) packed off top-seed Unnati Tripathi 3-1 in the 16-player draw, Under-19 girls first round of the Sub-Junior & Junior National Squash Championships at the Indian Squash Academy in Chennai on Tuesday.
Anika, a two-time U-15 champion, opted to skip the Under-17 competition for the Under-19, and put up a solid display as she rallied to beat Unnati 7-11, 11-5, 11-4, 11-6.
Among other notable upsets, qualifier Anika Kalanki (MP) took down top seed Vasundhara Nangare (Maharashtra) 11-8, 11-6, 8-11, 12-10 in the 16-player draw Under-15 girls opening round.
Results (1st round)
Girls:
U-11: Alia Kankaria (1), WB, def. Seerat Ghuman, CH, 11-3 11-3 11-5; Anshika Kumari, KA, def. Anaisha Sahu, JH, 11-2 11-4 11-2; Ariana Almoula (5/8), MH, def. Sharanya Ghosh, JH, 11-8 11-4 11-6; Sameeksha Sugumar, KA, def. Kriya Sathiyamoorthy, TN, 11-5 11-2 11-3; Aarna Pandey (3/4), KA, def. Inaya Andrabi, RJ, 11-6 8-11 11-4 11-1; Gaurvi Ajmera, RJ, def. Arwa Shelar, MH, 11-7 11-8 11-9; Naina Anand (5/8), KA, def. Anam Yadav, RJ, 11-4 11-4 11-7; Akshara Makhija, KA, def. Keerat Deopa, DL, 11-1 11-4 11-5.
U-13: Divyanshi Jain (1), RJ, def. Sanaita Singh, DL, 11-2 11-3 11-4; Sanavi Tidke, KA, def. Shriya Maheshwari, MH, 11-6 8-11 13-11 11-8; Deepa Debiram (5/8), TN, def. Hrida Jain, TN, 11-5 11-3 11-5; Nandikasree Kalaivanan, TN, def. Thanisha Chaligeri, KA, 11-9 11-6 11-4; Shanaya Roy (3/4), MH, def. Aeva Parekh, MH, 11-2 11-3 11-2; Gargi Kadam, MH, def. Isha Shelke, MH, 8-11 11-8 13-11 1-11 13-11; Riyaa Dalal (5/8), MH, def. Arunima Chaubey, KA, 11-5 11-8 11-5; Shanaya Parasrampuria, MH, def. Aadhya Grover, HR, 11-7 11-4 11-7.
U-15: Anika Kalanki, MP, def. Vasundhara Nangare (1), MH, 11-8 11-6 8-11 12-10; Aashi Shah, MH, def. Trisha Shah, MH, 9-11 11-6 11-7 11-5; Diva Parasrampuria (5/8), TN, def. D Nitiyasree, TN, 11-2 9-11 10-12 11-7 11-4; Aadya Budhia, JH, def. Monoshree Raut, AS, 11-6 16-14 11-3; Goushika M (2), TN, def. Aroma ., UP, 11-1 11-5 11-9; Arnaa Dwivedi, TL, def. Raayisha Naik, MH, 11-6 11-4 11-6; Gauri Jaiswal (5/8), RJ, def. Saanvi Bakshi, DL, 11-7 11-5 11-5; Fabiha Nafees, UP, def. Soniya Waghamare, MH, 11-3 11-7 11-5.
U-17: Aradhya Porwal (1), DL, def. Devashree Arora, HR, 11-7 11-3 12-10; Riyansika Verma, KA, def. Sangamithra Shanmugham, TN, 11-4 11-3 11-5; Kaashvi Mangal (5/8), DL, def. Anoushka Johri, HR, 11-3 11-5 12-10; Saanvi Kalanki, MP, def. Aahana Singh, HR, 11-4 11-8 9-11 11-5; Diva Shah (3/4), MH, def. Anya Sood, DL, 11-3 11-5 11-3; Aarika Mishra, MH, def. Drishti Pawar, MH, 11-7 7-11 11-6 11-5; Aishni Pathak (5/8), MP, def. Bria Sharma, JH, 12-10 6-11 11-5 11-4; Sehar Nayar, CH, def. Sahana Kalaivanan, TN, 11-4 11-3 11-7.
U-19: Anika Dubey, MH, def. Unnati Tripathi (1), UP, 7-11 11-5 11-4 11-6; Eesha Shrivastava, MH, def. Chhavi Saran, RJ, 12-10 11-8 11-6; Ananya Narayanan (5/8), TN, def. Priya Dhrashini, TN, 11-9 11-2 11-3;
Yashi Jain, RJ, def. Gargi Arya, UK, 11-4 11-3 11-3; Rudra Singh (3/4), MH, def. Elijah C, TN, 11-0 11-1 11-2; Aryaa Dwivedi, TL, def. Vyomika Khandelwal, TN, 11-7 11-6 4-11 13-11; Akanksha Gupta (5/8), MH, def. Pragati Maurya, UP, 11-2 11-2 11-1; Navya Sundararajan, UP, def. Khushboo ., UP, 11-2 11-3 12-10.
Boys:
U-11: Aryan Sk (1), KA, def. Shaurya Bakshi, MH, 11-4 11-6 11-9; Viraaj Wadhwani, MH, def. Krishna Gupta, MH, 13-11 11-6 3-11 2-11 11-9; Viraj Shinde, MH, def. Yuvaan Verma (5/8), RJ, 11-7 11-5 11-5; Agastya Uppal, DL, def. Rudransh Prabhakar, DL, 11-5 8-11 11-7 11-4; Ayaan Kaushik (3/4), AS, def. Vansh Rathi, TN, 8-11 9-11 11-9 11-3 11-7; Avyyanveer Luthra, DL, def. Harshveer Pahwa, MP, 11-6 11-1 11-7; Vedant Shinde (5/8), MH, def. Shaunik Malhotra, MH, 11-2 11-5 11-5; Ved Sanganaria, WB, def. Kandha Swamy, TN, 11-7 11-7 11-5.
U-13: Abhyuday Arora (1), DL, def. Nirvaan Parikh, MH, 11-1 11-7 11-3; Thanuj Reddy Puli, TL, def. Viaan Khemani, HR, 11-5 7-11 13-11 11-9; Prabhav Bajoria (5/8), RJ, def. Nirmay Chaudhary, CH, 11-6 13-11 11-3;
Rishabh Shyam, MH, def. Ansh Kumar, UP, 9-11 11-4 7-11 11-6 12-10; Dhairya Gogia (3/4), RJ, def. Rohan Khurana, DL, 7-11 11-4 11-7 11-5; Aaditya Shah, MH, def. Shubham Kumar, UP, 11-9 11-9 7-11 9-11 11-9; Aaron Arambhan (5/8), MH, def. Prabhaas Kondaparthy, TL, 12-10 11-9 11-9; Amarya Bajaj, DL, def. Ridaan Gupta, UP, 11-4 11-6 11-2.
U-15:Shreyansh Jha (1), MH, def. Akshat Singhal, WB, 11-2 11-4 11-6; Dhruv Johri, HR, def. Fareed Andrabi, RJ, 7-11 12-10 11-5 14-12; Aryaman Singh (5/8), KA, def. Ayaan Dhanuka, WB, 11-2 11-4 11-9; Dhruv Bopana, TN, def. Swarit Patil, CH, 11-4 11-5 11-2; Shresht Iyer (3/4), KA, def. Advit Taneja, JH, 11-4 11-4 11-3; Jagesh Chhabra, DL, def. Aryaan Prabhu, TN, 7-11 13-11 11-8 2-11 11-5; Vivaan Khanna (5/8), MH, def. Arush Sharma, UP, 11-9 11-3 11-2; Harshal Rana, HR, def. Sherbir Singh Poonia, MP, 11-4 11-4 11-6.
U-17: Subhash Choudhary (1), RJ, def. Saharsh Shahra, MP, 11-8 11-4 7-11 11-4;
Aryaveer Dewan, DL, def. Varun Shah, MH, 11-7 11-2 11-4; Raghav Vashishtha (5/8), UP, def. Parthvir Singh, DL, 11-8 11-8 11-6;
Lokesh Subramani, TN, def. Ishaan Dabke, MH, 8-11 11-8 11-4 10-12 11-5; Darshil Parasrampuria (3/4), TN, def. Agastya Bansal, MH, 11-4 11-2 11-3; Shiven Agarwal, TN, def. Agastya Rajput, MH, 11-6 11-3 11-5; Hridhaan Shah (5/8), MH, def. Indransh Singh Rakesh Badgujar, MH, 11-3 11-6 11-7; Purav Rambhia, MH, def. Savir Sood, CH, 10-12 11-2 9-11 11-6 11-7.
U-19: Arihant Ks (1), TN, def. Aatik Yadav, MH, 11-3 12-10 11-7; Shravin Jain, TN, def. Adeev Devaiah, KA, 10-12 6-11 11-9 11-7 11-9; Priyanshu Kumar (5/8), HR, def. Anshuman Jaising, MH, 13-11 11-2 11-6;
Aayush Verma, MH, def. Omkar Vinod, KL, 11-8 3-11 11-6 10-12 11-4; Rachit Shah (3/4), MH, def. Abdus Samad Shah, GA, 11-1 11-3 11-8; Gurveer Singh, DL, def. Neil Paswan, MH, 11-2 11-2 11-1; Yusha Nafees, UP, def. Kamlesh Dama Dore, MH, 11-2 11-3 11-3.
Golfers Aman Raj and Kartik Singh will resume their battle in the fifth event of the IGPL Tour, as the experienced Patna golfer takes on the young Delhi boy at the Kolkata Invitational here from Wednesday.
Aman held his nerve in the closing stages to win in Jaipur, as Kartik finished a close second. As Aman looks to emulate Gaganjeet Bhullar’s feat of back-to-back wins, Kartik continues his search for a maiden pro title as he tees up in his fifth start on the IGPL Tour.
Kartik has been grouped with the experienced Harendra Singh and Saarthak Chibber in the first round at the Tollygunge Club.
Last week’s winner Aman is grouped with Ridhima Dilawari and Kapil Kumar. B. Kartik has finished in top 10 in four previous starts in Chandigarh, Jaypee Greens, Pune, and Jaipur and is now second in the IGPL rankings behind the leader, Gaganjeet Bhullar, who won in both his starts in the first two events.
Olympian Udayan Mane, in his maiden IGPL start, finished tied sixth and he will be back this week looking for a better result.
Some of the other stars looking to make a mark will include Aadil Bedi, Pukhraj Gills, Syed Saqib Ahmed and Saarthak Chibber.
The women’s section will once again see Simi Mehra tee up in her hometown of Kolkata. The former LPGA player often plays on the Seniors Tours on the international circuit. The women’s segment will also feature Sneha Singh, Amandeep Drall, Ridhima Dilawari, Durga Nittur, Jasmine Shekar and Khushi Khanijau.
Hyderabad golfer Mohammed Azhar shot a superb seven-under 64 to emerge leader by one stroke on the opening day of The Poona Club Open, here on Tuesday.
PGTI Order of Merit leader Yuvraj Sandhu fired six-under 65 to be placed second at the Poona Club Golf Course, while Gurugram’s Veer Ahlawat (66), the 2024 PGTI Ranking champion, was a further shot behind in third position.
The quintet of Akshay Damale, Aaron Rockey, Aditya Bhandarkar, Adityaa Garg and amateur Arkin Patel were the highest-placed among the Pune-based players as they returned scores of 71 to occupy tied 29th place.
Azhar, who has been in decent form in recent times with four top-10s to his name in his last six starts, began his week with a birdie-bogey. However, he soon began to stamp his authority by adding three more birdies on the front-nine including a 35-feet conversion on the third.
Azhar, ranked 23rd in the PGTI Order of Merit, picked up four more birdies on the back-nine including a tap-in and an 18-feet conversion.
“I hit it close to the flags all day. Here at the Poona Club Golf Course, there is a premium on hitting fairways and I hit a lot of fairways today. On the back-nine, my chipping and putting was outstanding because I did not hit any greens from hole 14 onwards and just made a lot of quality chip-putts,” said Azhar.