Photo: Puneet Pareek of Jindal Squash Academy
Jindal Academy, Otters Club score identical 3-2 victories
Mumbai, April 2: Jindal Squash Academy and Otters Club, Bandra scored identical 3-2 wins in the respective round-robin league group matches of Hyatt Regency - Mumbai Inter-Club Squash League 2018, orgainsed by the Indian Squash Professionals and played at the Hyatt Regency courts.
In a Group-A encounter, Jindal Squash Academy dished out a fine collective efforts and defeated Khar Gymkhana to start off on a winning note. Otters Club also made good beginning as they prevailed over Juhu Vile Parle Gymkhana Club in their first league match.
Puneet Pareek provided Jindal with an ideal start as he comfortably beat Khar Gym’s Prashant Mohite 11-6, 11-7 in the first rubber. Khar Gym managed to level the match scores when their doubles pair of Mahesh Chandnani and Rajesh Rajani got the better of Abhishek Agarwal/Rajiv Gupta 15-12, 15-9 in the second rubber.
Jindal returned to winning ways by clinching the next two rubbers and take a winning 3-1 lead. In the third rubber, Arjun Singh and Deepak Mandal recovered to overcome Vijay Waghela and Vishant Salvi 5-11, 11-9, 11-9 before a determined Abhishek Agarwal pulled off a tight win against Pranay Gianchandani winning the fourth rubber by 11-9, 8-11, 11-8 scoreline and secure Jindal’s victory. Khar Gym earned a consolation win when Kishore Vanwari and Rajesh Rajani fought hard to overcome Hasrat Mohd and Pradeep Chaudhary 10-11, 11-2, 11-10 in the fifth tie.
In the other match, Neel Joshi and Tanay Punjabi, both won the two singles matches while Anshul Goyal and Sanjay Pawar won one of the three doubles match to help Otters Club seal their victory.
Results: Group-B: Jindal Squash Academy beat Khar Gymkhana 3-2 (Puneet Pareek bt Prashant Mohite 11-6, 11-7; Abhishek Agarwal/Rajiv Gupta lost Mahesh Chandnani/Rajesh Rajani 12-15, 9-15; Arjun Singh/Deepak Mandal bt Vijay Waghela/Vishant Salvi 5-11, 11-9, 11-9; Abhishek Agarwal bt Pranay Gianchandani 11-9, 8-11, 11-8; Hasrat Mohd/Pradeep Chaudhary lost Kishore Vanwari/Rajesh Rajani 11-10, 2-11, 10-11).
Group-A: Otters Club beat Juhu Vile Parle Gymkhana Club 3-2 (Neel Joshi bt Amitpal Kohli 11-7, 12-10; Advait Adik/Manish Chotrani lost Amitpal Kohli/Kapil Khanna 9-11, 9-11; Anshul Goyal/Sanjay Pawar bt Shashi Pandey/Urwashi Joshi 11-6, 9-11, 11-8; Tanay Panjabi bt Keval Shah 12-10, 11-9; Dipesh Jadhav/Ganesh Kadam lost to Aazad Singh/Ashish Mehta 6-11,11-8, 4-11).