<p>Defending champions Petroleum Sports Promotion Board (PSPB) on Saturday extended their record run at the inter-State badminton championship, winning the men’s and women’s titles for the 14th time at the Sher-e-Kashmir Indoor Complex here.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The script was no different than last year as PSPB women notched up a 2-1 victory over Airport Authority Of India to bag the Chadha Cup, while their men’s team defeated second seed Air India 3-1 to clinch the Rahimatoola Cup at the 68th edition of the tournament.<br /><br />London Olympics quarterfinalist P Kashyap looked rusty as Air India’s Pratul Joshi took the first game off him. The world number 20 was trailing 10-13 in the second game but he took control of the match in time to eventually register a 12-21, 21-15, 21-12 win over Joshi in 49 minutes in the first singles.<br /><br />Ajay Jayaram was expected to increase the lead but the world number 25 ended up losing the second singles to Anand Pawar 17-21, 17-21 in 39 minutes to see Air India level the scores 1-1.<br /><br />Tarun Kona and Arun Vishnu then helped to make it 2-1 after the PSPB doubles pair notched up a 22-20, 21-15 win over Akshay Dewalkar and Anand Pawar and with Sai Praneeth taming Gopiraju G 21-14, 21-15 in the third singles, it was all over for Air India in the finals.<br /><br />In the Chadha Cup, PC Thulasi prevailed over Neha Pandit 21-15, 21-7 in just 30 minutes to put PSPB 1-0 ahead. But, doubles combine of Ashwini Ponnappa and Prajakta Sawant lost to Pradnya Gadre and N Sikki Reddy 14-21, 17-21 in 28 minutes to allow AAI bounce back into the contest.<br /><br />However, AAI’s hopes were dashed by Arundhanti Pantawane when the PSPB girl defeated Mohita Sahdev 21-16, 21-11 in 28 minutes to give her team the title.</p>
<p>Defending champions Petroleum Sports Promotion Board (PSPB) on Saturday extended their record run at the inter-State badminton championship, winning the men’s and women’s titles for the 14th time at the Sher-e-Kashmir Indoor Complex here.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The script was no different than last year as PSPB women notched up a 2-1 victory over Airport Authority Of India to bag the Chadha Cup, while their men’s team defeated second seed Air India 3-1 to clinch the Rahimatoola Cup at the 68th edition of the tournament.<br /><br />London Olympics quarterfinalist P Kashyap looked rusty as Air India’s Pratul Joshi took the first game off him. The world number 20 was trailing 10-13 in the second game but he took control of the match in time to eventually register a 12-21, 21-15, 21-12 win over Joshi in 49 minutes in the first singles.<br /><br />Ajay Jayaram was expected to increase the lead but the world number 25 ended up losing the second singles to Anand Pawar 17-21, 17-21 in 39 minutes to see Air India level the scores 1-1.<br /><br />Tarun Kona and Arun Vishnu then helped to make it 2-1 after the PSPB doubles pair notched up a 22-20, 21-15 win over Akshay Dewalkar and Anand Pawar and with Sai Praneeth taming Gopiraju G 21-14, 21-15 in the third singles, it was all over for Air India in the finals.<br /><br />In the Chadha Cup, PC Thulasi prevailed over Neha Pandit 21-15, 21-7 in just 30 minutes to put PSPB 1-0 ahead. But, doubles combine of Ashwini Ponnappa and Prajakta Sawant lost to Pradnya Gadre and N Sikki Reddy 14-21, 17-21 in 28 minutes to allow AAI bounce back into the contest.<br /><br />However, AAI’s hopes were dashed by Arundhanti Pantawane when the PSPB girl defeated Mohita Sahdev 21-16, 21-11 in 28 minutes to give her team the title.</p>