Lokhande, Chati help RBI retain inter-bank badminton title

NAGPUR:

Pranav Lokhande

and

Raghavendra Chati

helped Reserve Bank of India (RBI) retain the team championship title in the Inter-Bank Badminton tournament which concluded at the YMCA Hall here on Thursday.

In a one-sided final, defending champions RBI steamrolled Bank of India (BoI) 2-0, thanks to a splendid performance by Lokhande and Chati.

The men's singles final was also played between the top RBI duo in which Lokhande edged out his colleague Chati in a three-game thriller.

Shweta Pandit ousted her RBI colleague

Vishakha Zodape

15-6, 15-7 in the women's singles final.

RESULTS

Team Championship (Quarters): RBI bt SBI 'A' 2-0; Allahabad Bank bt Abhudaya Bank 2-1; BoM wo SBI 'B'; BoI b Union Bank of India 2-0.

Semis: RBI bt Allahabad Bank 2-0; BoI bt BoM 2-0.

Final: RBI bt BoI 2-0 (Raghvendra Chati bt Shrikant Pendse 21-15, 21-16; R Chati/Pranav Lokhande bt Swapnil Dhawale/Umesh Patre 21-10, 21-12).

Individuals

Men's singles (QF): Pranav Lokhande (RBI) bt Umesh Patre (BOI) 21-9,

Sushil Sawant

(BOI) bt Shrikant Pendse (BOI) 21-12,

RK Mishra

(All Bk) bt Prakash Naik (BOI) 21-19, Raghavendra Chati (RBI) bt Prashant Dongre (Canara Bk) 21-10.

Semis: Pranav Lokhande (RBI) bt Sushil Sawant (BOI) 21-17;

R Chati

(RBI) bt RK Mishra (All Bk) 21-12.

Final: Pranav Lokhande (RBI) bt Raghavendra Chati (RBI) 21-19, 10-21, 27-25.

Women's singles (SF): Shweta Pandit (RBI) bt

Vaishnavi Kapse

(RBI) 15-4; Vishakha Zodape (RBI) bt Shaheen Khan (RBI) 15-14.

Final: Shweta Pandit (RBI) bt Vishakha Zodape (RBI) 15-6, 15-7.