Indian sports wrap, November 17: Maharashtra leads medal tally at inaugural Indian Pickleball Nationals 

Here are the results, scores, and other updates you need to know from sports happening across the length and breadth of the country.

PICKLEBALL

Maharashtra leads medal tally at inaugural Indian Pickleball Nationals 

After four days of action in the Indian Pickleball Nationals 2025 at The Sports School in Bengaluru, Maharashtra finished atop the state medal tally with three golds and five silvers, followed by Karnataka with three golds and one silver.

Gujarat held three gold medals, while Telangana earned two golds and one silver. West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Delhi and Rajasthan secured two medals each, with Goa and Assam also registering one win apiece.

Among some of the highlights in the women’s categories, Naomi Amalsadiwala and Pearl Amalsadiwala produced one of the most commanding scorelines of the tournament, defeating Monica Menon and Sharmada Balu with a clinical 15–1 victory in the Open Women’s Doubles final.

Tamil Nadu enjoyed a strong presence in the senior divisions. In the 70+ Men’s Doubles, Naharaj Subramanian and SL Rajiv Reddy topped the group of five pairs, while in the 40+ Mixed Doubles, Ranjith Sarvanan and Kamini Murugaboopathy registered a convincing 15–6 victory over Shilpa Sham and Avilay Jha. 

This landmark championship is the first official Pickleball Nationals since the sport received National Sports Federation (NSF) recognition from the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, featuring more than 1,800+ matches across interstate team events and open national categories, with participation from over 20 states.

-Team Sportstar

SHOOTING

Gurpreet Singh misses gold on inner 10’s, wins silver in 25m Centre Fire Pistol

Olympian Gurpreet Singh came agonisingly close to becoming the World Champion in the 25m Centre Fire Pistol event, losing out the gold medal on inner 10’s to Ukraine’s Pavlo Korostylov at the Olympic Shooting Range in Cairo, Egypt.

This is Gurpreet’s second individual medal in World Championships, the first one also a silver won back in 2018 at Changwon in the 25m Standard Pistol event. Yann Pierre Louis Fridrici of France won the bronze.

Gurpreet Singh with his silver medal in the 25m Centre Fire Pistol event.
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Gurpreet shot a total of 584-18x over two days of competition in the precision and rapid stages while Korostylov shot 29 inner 10’s and a perfect score of 100 in the final rapid round to edge away with the gold medal. The Indian shooter, who was placed ninth after the precision stage with a score of 288-8x (95,97,96) came back on the second day to shoot a brilliant score of 296-10x (98,99,99) in the rapid stage to clinch the silver medal. The Ukrainian who was leading after the precision stage with a score of 291-14x, shot 293-15x in the rapid stage to level Gurpreet’s score and win the gold. 

Harpreet Singh, who was in contention for a medal after the precision stage with a score of 291-10x which placed him in second, could only manage 286-6x in the rapid stage which saw him eventually finish in ninth place. The other Indian shooter in the fray, Sahil Choudhary finished in 28 ^th place with a total score of 561-14x (Precision – 272-4x, Rapid – 289 – 10x). The three shooters also finished outside the team medal places, finishing in fifth.

India ended its World Championship campaign in third place with a total of 13 medals, three gold, six silver and four bronze behind China who mustered 12 gold, seven silver and two bronze and South Korea who secured seven gold, three silver and four bronze medals.

Published on Nov 17, 2025