Vinay Gupta of IIIM wins Carrom singles title

Players concentrating hand during a carrom match of CGEWCC Tournament in Jammu.
Players concentrating hand during a carrom match of CGEWCC Tournament in Jammu.

Excelsior Sports Correspondent
JAMMU, March 11: Vinay Gupta of Indian Institute of Integrative Medicines (IIIM) clinched the singles title in the carrom competition of the ongoing sports meet of Centre Government Employees Welfare Coordination Committee (CGEWCC) at IIIM Complex, here today.
In the final, Vinay outplayed Sohan Singh of Survey of India (SOI) 2-1. Earlier, in the semifinals, Sohan defeated Shashi Jamwal of the same organisation (SOI) 2-0 while Vinay defeated Jagdish Singh of National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO) 2-0.
Quarterfinals:
Sohan Singh (SOI) bt Rajesh (IIIM) 2-1; Jagdish Singh (NSSO) bt Rattan Lal (NSSO) 2-0; Vinay Gupta (IIIM) bt Lakku Vinayak (SOI) 2-0; Shashi Jamwal (SOI) bt Anil (IIIM) 2-1.
Pre-quarterfinals:
Sohan Singh (SOI) bt Vikram Abrol (IIIM) 2-1; Rajesh (IIIM) bt Darshan Kumar (SOI) 2-1; Jagdish Singh (NSSO) bt RK Bhat (PCDA) 2-1; Rattan Lal (NSSO) bt Chainu Ram (NSSO) 2-1; Vinay Gupta (IIIM) bt RK Arora (NSSO) by 2-0; Lakku Vinayak (SOI) bt Sat Pal (NSSO) 2-0; Shashi Jamwal (SOI) bt Sanjeev Kumar (SOI) by 2-0; Anil by (IIIM) bt Shabir (IIIM) 2-1.
Meanwhile, later the duo of Vikram Abrol and Vinay Gupta of IIIM bagged the doubles title too. In the decider, Vikram and Vinay trounced the pair of R K Bhat and Tara Chand of Principal Controller of Defence Accounts (PCDA) 2-0.
In the semifinals, AK Bhat and Tara Chand of PCDA beat Jagdish and Subash of NSSO by 2-1 while the pair of Vikram and Vinay defeated Rajesh and Anil of IIIM.
Quarterfinals: RK Bhat and Tara Chand of PCDA bt Vishal Gupta and Shabir of IIIM by 2-1; Jagdish and Subash of NSSO bt Darshan Kumar and Lakku of SOI by 2-1; Rajesh and Anil of IIIM bt Chainu Ram and Roop of NSSO by 2-0; Vikram Abrol and Vinay Gupta of IIIM bt Shashi and Sanjeev of SOI by 2-1.