IndianOil men, OIL India women emerge champions
New Delhi   29-Sep-2007
IndianOil retained the men’s title defeating OIL India in the team competition of the PSCB inter-unit table tennis tournament at the JJ indoor stadium here on Thursday. In the final, which saw touches of National champion A. Sharath Kamal’s brilliance, IndianOil recorded a 3-1 win. Former National Subhajit Saha provided stiff resistance and took the contest to fifth game. <b>All-win record </b> Earlier, OIL India completed its round-robin league with an all-win record to emerge the women’s winner. In the final set of matches in the league, OIL inflicted a 3-1 defeat on IndianOil, which was placed second last year. Spearheaded by Mouma Das, the National champion, and with able support from Nandita Saha and Mantu Ghosh, OIL made a good impression this time compared to its fourth-place finish last year. Beating ONGC was its final test though that proved to be a major task. The match saw Mouma drop a match to Mousami Paul. Mantu was the other loser, to Vishaka Vijay. <b>The results: </b> Men (final): IndianOil bt OIL 3-1 (A. Sharath Kamal bt Jubin Kumar 11-9, 6-11, 11-3, 11-4; S. Raman lost to Subhajit Saha 9-11, 11-8, 5-11, 7-11; Soumyadeep Roy bt Anal Kashyap 11-9, 8-11, 11-4, 11-4; A. Sharath Kamal bt Subhajit Saha 11-5, 7-11, 11-9, 8-11, 11-1). Semifinals: IndianOil bt HPCL 3-0 (Sharath Kamal bt Arup Basak 11-2, 11-7, 11-5; Soumyadeep Roy bt S. Ramaswamy 11-3, 11-7, 8-11, 11-6; S. Raman bt N.M Rane 11-2, 11-2, 11-3); OIL bt ONGC 3-1 (Subhajit Saha lost to Subam Choudhary 14-12, 8-11, 6-11, 11-5, 5-11; Jubin Kumar bt Ranbir Das 11-13, 11-7, 10-12, 11-8, 11-8; Anal Kashyap bt Arunava Ganguly 11-7, 11-7, 12-10; Subhajit Saha bt Ranbir Das 8-11, 11-8, 11-8, 11-8); Quarterfinals: HPCL bt EIL 3-1; ONGC bt GAIL 3-0. Women (round-robin league): BPCL bt ONGC 3-0; OIL bt IndianOil 3-1; BPCL bt IOC 3-0; OIL bt ONGC 3-2. Final placing: 1. OIL 6 pts; 2. BPCL 5 pts; 3. ONGC 4 pts; 4.IndianOil 3 pts.