IndianOil in two finals
New Delhi   18-Mar-2008
IndianOil made it to both the men's and women's final in the 29th Petroleum Sports Promotion Board (PSPB) badminton tournament at the Siri Fort Sports Complex here on Monday. In the men's final, IndianOil will be challenged by the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC). Both IndianOil and ONGC registered 3-0 victories over Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) and Gas Authority of India Limited (GAIL) respectively. In the women's section, IndianOil outplayed Engineers India Limited (EIL) to set up a title clash with BPCL, spearheaded by the National champion Saina Nehwal. <b>The results (semifinals);</b> Men: ONGC beat GAIL M (B. Chetan Anand bt Ravinder Singh 21-10, 21-11; Thomas Kurien bt R Part-har21-3, 21-11; Rupesh Kumar and V. Diju bt Ravinder Singh and B. K, Gupta 21-8, 21-10). IndianOil beat BPCL 3-0 (Ajay Jayaram bt Ajit Wijetllak 21-12,21-19; P. Kashyap bt Arvind Bhat 21-15,11-21,21-19; P. Gopichand and J. B. Vidyadhar bt S, Chopra and R. P. Aditya 21-16, 44 (conceded)). Women: BPCL beat GAIL 2-0 (Saina Nehwal bt Maya Dasrath 21-0, 21 -2; Jwala Gutta and Shruti Kurien bt Neelima and Maya Dasrath 21-3, 2U). IndianOil beat EIL 2-0 (8. R. Meenakshi bt Sampada 21-4, 21 -6; B. R. Menakshi and Apama Balan bt Vineeta and Richa 21-2, 21-1).