Pakistan beat India in SAG Squash finals

It was an exciting day for the hosts both in terms of winning a bronze as well as witnessing world class squash between Pakistan and India in the finals. The first tie was between Nepal and Bangladesh for the bronze medal. The partisan crowd were treated to a display of aggressive passionate squash by the Bangladesh players as they routed their opposition to secure the bronze along with Sri Lanka who had already got the medal by virtue of finishing third in the pool matches.

Squash India team grabs the silver at SAG

In the finals between India and Pakistan, the senior and more experienced Pakistanis doused the fire of the Indian youngsters with straight game victories to secure the gold. The order of play for the day was 3-1-2 and dead rubbers were not played.All in all it was a well organised games with the hosts going out of their way to ensure that all participants were well looked after.

Results:

Bangladesh vs Nepal (2-0)

Rajan Kumar bt Suresh Kumar 6,4,6 (20mins)

Shopon Parvez bt Hira Thapa 1,5,4 (22mins)

Pakistan vs India (2-0)

Mansoor Zaman bt Ravi Dixit 1,2,3 (21mins)

Aamir Atlas bt Gaurav Nandrajog 9,3,8 (33mins)

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