Writers' Bout - winners announced!

The moment you’ve all been waiting for is finally here! It’s time to announce the winners of Writers’ Bout, the competition organized by Sportskeeda as part of BOSM – the annual sports fest of BITS Pilani.

The winner of the 1st prize is Avishek Basu Mallick, a.k.a. Thunderdog, for his article “In Shastri’s domain“.

The 2nd prize goes to Sumedh Natu for his article “The Immortal Checkmate“.

And lastly, the 3rd prize goes to Varun for his article “Financial prudence and sustainability in the world of football“.

Heartiest congratulations to the three winners – your well-deserved prizes will reach you very shortly!

It must be noted that ALL the participants did a fabulous job with their deeply insightful and brilliantly analytic articles. However, a few writers just missed the podium, and they deserve special mention. Their names are given in the table below:

Author	Title
Nikhil M. Nair	The Ballad of Santhi Soundarajan
Vikram Shah	The last of the gentlemen – A personal history
Anurabh Saikia	Sports in a cram-crazy cirriculum
Sabarinath Sankara	A salary cap in our everyday Football
Sourav Agarwal	Usain Bolt – The tallest of them all
Shreyas	A deadly love: Arsenal and Manchester United
Yechh	Silk Route
Sidhartha	King Eric: The tale of the Trawler, the Sardines and the Seagulls
Aditya Ramani	Game and Set, Roddick
Abhishek Iyer	In selling Robin van Persie, Arsenal both win and lose

Once again, congratulations to all the participants! You are well on your way to successful careers in the world of sports writing!