Rajdhani Royals rally to down Maverick Aces
by Shrutee K/DNS
Mumbai, November 10: Rajdhani Royals launched their campaign on a winning note as they clinched a narrow 3-2 win against Maverick Aces in the opening round match in the 3rd edition of the NSCI Badminton League (NBL), at the NSCI Badminton courts on Friday.
In a match of fluctuating fortunes, Royals won the first rubber with Sandeep Dillon & Nikhil Bansali defeating the Mavericks pair of Ravi Panjabi & Sanket Gandhi 23-21, 21-11. Royals were unable to sustain the winning momentum as Priyanka Haria & Mayur Saraf lost the second rubber to Hamie V & Samia Shah 17-21, 21-19, 14-15.
Royals regained the lead winning the third rubber when Rajnish Gupta & Sunil Seth recovered to overcome Pratik C & Dazshak J 15-21, 22-20, 15-13 in a long drawn encounter. Once again, Mavericks managed to draw level at 2-all with Ajay H & Raj Golecha beating Ashvin Bafna & Pawan Jain 21-6, 2-1-9.
However, Royals did well to win the decider with Mayur Bhojwani & Nikhil Haria combining nicely to put it across Abhishek N & Kapil Soneja 21-15, 21-15 to secure Royals win.
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