| Bangalore’s three-man team comprising R Satya, Abhishek Baadkar and Mallikacharan Wadi posted a thrilling 4-3 win over Kolkata ‘A’ in the penalty kicks competition of the 35th SJFI National Convention in Pune. | |
| Conducted at the Bharati Vidyapeeth University grounds on Saturday, the Bangalore team stormed into the final with a comfortable 3-0 win against Nagpur ‘A’ in their semifinal while Kolkata posted a hard-fought 5-4 win against Mumbai ‘A’ before going down to the former in the summit clash.
In the inaugural free throws competition, Indore registered a 1-0 tie-breaker win over Chandigarh-UP to clinch the crown. Results: Penalty kicks, final: Bangalore (R Satya, Abhishek Baadkar, Mallikacharan Wadi) bt Kolkata ‘A’ (Nilankur Das, Arup Chatterjee, Dipankar Guha) 4-3. (Semifinals): Bangalore bt Nagpur ‘A’ 3-0; Kolkata ‘A’ bt Mumbai ‘A’ 5-4. Free throws, final: Indore: 1 bt (via tie-breaker) Chandigarh-UP: 0. source: http://www.deccanherald.com / Agencies / Pune June 04th, 2011 |
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