Coimbatore: Indian Army (New Delhi) defeated Indian Railways (Delhi) by 16 points in the Group A clash of All India Basketball tournament for 54th Nachimuthu Gounder Trophy here at CDBA basketball court on Wednesday.
Coimbatore: Indian Army (New Delhi) defeated Indian Railways (Delhi) by 16 points in the Group A clash of All India Basketball tournament for 54th Nachimuthu Gounder Trophy here at CDBA basketball court on Wednesday.
After losing to Bank of Baroda, on the day one of the tournament, Indian Army had altered their game plan and came back strong to win the next two games against Income Tax on the other day and Indian Railways, on Wednesday.
Winning both the matches, Indian Army increased their chance of getting into the Knockout stages of the tournament, on Friday.
As Railways failed to register win against Indian Army, they were knocked out of the contest. Hence, either Bank of Baroda or Income Tax will be the other team from group A to play knockout.
Match : Indian Army (83) Beats Indian Railway (67)
Top Scorers : Indian Army - Shiva (11), Sunil Rathil (13), Gopal Ram (12). Indian Railways - Akash (15), Vijay (14).
In the women's category for 18th CRI Pump Trophy, Southern Railways (Chennai) had clinched a thumping 19 points victory overs Eastern Railways (Kolkata) in group B clash on Wednesday.
Match: Southern Railway (80) Beats Eastern Railway (61)
Top Scorers: Southern Railways - Soniya Joy 4 - (13), Dharshini 5 (21), Raja Priya Dharshini 12 - (20). Eastern Railways - Madhu Kumari 10 - (18), Libina 06 - (18), Poonam Chatturvedi 15 - (10).