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Triple crown for Arathi

KOCHI: Arathi Sara Sunil of Ernakulam's Regional Sports Centre walked away with three titles in the BPCL-Kochi Refinery all-Kerala junior ranking badminton tournament at the Kochi Refinery Auditorium, Ambalamugal, on Sunday night.

Arathi bagged the under-19 girls singles and doubles titles and also mixed doubles trophy.

Ernakulam's R. Ravisankar (under-19), Shyam Prasad (under-16) and Pathanamthitta's Kiran George (under-13) lifted the singles titles in the boys section while the host district's M.H. Haritha (under-16) and Shreya Bose (under-13) triumphed in the girls division.

G. Radhakrishna Pillai, DGM-E&C, BPCL-Kochi Refinery, gave away the prizes.

The results (all finals):

Boys:

Under-19 singles: R. Ravisankar (Ekm) bt Shyam Prasad (Ekm) 5-3 (retired hurt). Doubles: Sharon Rapheal/Pranav Satheesh bt N.G. Balasubramanian/Girishankar 20-22, 21-13, 21-11.

Under-16 singles: Shyam Prasad (Ekm) bt M.R. Arjun (Ekm) 23-21, 21-14. Doubles: Shyam Prasad/M.R. Arjun bt Adarsh Binoy/Sreedev Kesav 21-15, 21-13.

Under-13 singles: Kiran George (Pta) bt Naveen Roy (Tvm) 23-21, 21-12. Doubles: Subin Dilip/Reuben Thomas Jacob bt Kiran George/Jacob Stephen 11-21, 21-12, 21-18.

Girls:

Under-19 singles: Arathi Sara Sunil (Ekm) bt P.S. Linimol (Ekm) 22-20, 21-8. Doubles: Arathi/Linimol bt K. Anoosha/Sneha Santhilal 21-18, 21-7.

Under-16 singles: M.H. Haritha (Ekm) bt J.K. Malavika (Tvm) 21-13, 21-17. Doubles: Boneetha Bose/M.H. Haritha bt Keerthana P. Nair/K.P. Sruthi 21-17, 15-21, 8-3 (retired hurt).

Under-13 singles: Shreya Bose (Ekm) bt P.C. Monisha (Wyd) 21-14, 21-19. Doubles: Shreya Bose/P.C. Monisha bt Nazreen Farhath/Reza Farhath 21-17, 21-14.

Mixed doubles: Arathi Sara Sunil/Sharon Raphael bt Ravishankar/Anoosha 21-11, 21-14 .

TCC ‘C' posts win

Meanwhile, the host Tripunithura CC ‘C' defeated Idukki District Cricket Association 3-0 in a bowl-out after rain spoiled their second round encounter in the 60th Airtel Pooja all-India cricket tournament here on Monday.

With IDCA – chasing TCC's 153 – unable to complete 15 overs, the minimum required to worry over run-rates, the bowl-out was resorted to, to settle the issue at the Tripunithura Palace Oval.

It was the first bowl-out of the Pooja event, one of the world's oldest limited-over tournaments.

The tournament resumes on Wednesday after a day's break.

The scores (first phase): Tripunithura CC ‘C' 153 in 34.5 overs (Varghese 40, K.A. Ansar three for 39) vs Idukki 44 for four in 11 overs. (TCC wins bowl-out 3-0) .

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