Girish, Prathima enter quarters

Prathima edged out State-mate Vijay Punjabi 399-384 and overcame another State bowler Parvez Ahmed 369-342 in Group B league matches to qualify for the last eight stage.
Joining Prathima and Girish in the last eight stage are Delhi’s NP Singh and Dhruv Sarda, Karnataka’s Vijay Punjabi and Shashi Kumar, Tamil Nadu’s Shabbir Dhankot and Dilbir Singh of West Bengal.

Results (round I): Group A: Shabbir Dhankot (TN) bt Girish Ashok Gaba (Kar) 395-390; Swapna Mitra (Kar) bt Abhishek Maheshwari (Kar) 404-391; Dilbir Singh (WB) bt Akaash Ashok Kumar (Kar) 385-346; Huned T Khokhar (Kar) bt Dhruv Sarda (Del) 372-358; Huned T Khokhar (Kar) bt Abhishek Maheshwari (Kar) 355-302; Akaash Ashok Kumar (Kar) bt Shabbir Dhankot (TN) 404-297; Dhruv Sarda (Del) bt Swapna Mitra (Kar) 420-286; Girish Ashok Gaba (Kar) bt Dilbir Singh (WB) 366-352; Girish Ashok Gaba (Kar) bt Akaash Ashok Kumar (Kar) 424-398; Shabbir Dhankot (TN)  bt Dilbir Singh (WB) 457-360; Dhruv Sarda (Del) bt Abhishek Maheshwari (Kar) 439-269; Huned T Khokhar (Kar) bt Swapna Mitra (Kar) 375-357.

Group B: Shashi Kumar (Kar) bt Parvez Ahmed (Kar) 415-384; N P Singh (Del) bt Prathik Vijan (Mah) 342-331; Prathima Hegde (Kar) bt Vijay Punjabi (Kar) 399-384; Dinesh Kumar (TN) bt Tharun Ganesh (TN) 378-368; Dinesh Kumar (TN) bt Prathik Vijan (Mah) 398-329; Vijay Punjabi (Kar) bt Shashi Kumar (Kar) 381-361; N P Singh (Del) bt Tharun Ganesh (TN) 423-329; Prathima Hegde (Kar) bt Parvez Ahmed (Kar) 369-342; Parvez Ahmed (Kar) bt Vijay Punjabi (Kar) 357-318; Shashi Kumar (Kar) bt Prathima Hegde (Kar) 372-329; Tharun Ganesh (TN) bt Prathik Vijan (Mah) 399-313; N P Singh (Del) bt Dinesh Kumar (TN) 410-314.    

Quarterfinal line-up: Dhruv Sarda (Del) vs Shashi Kumar (Kar); Shabbir Dhankot (TN) vs Vijay Punjabi (Kar); Dilbir Singh (WB) vs Prathima Hegde (Kar); Girish Gaba (Kar) vs NP Singh (Del).