CCI's Natasha & Kareena enter into quarter-finals
MUMBAI: Cricket Club of India's (CCI) Natasha Daswani and Kareena Madan registered contrasting wins to enter the women's quarter-finals in the Greater Mumbai district badminton championship, jointly organized by Jitesh Padukone Shuttlers' Academy and NIA under the aegis of GMBA. Natasha lost the first game but, came back strongly to overcome Matunga Gymkhana's Anaghaa Chakrapani 15-21, 2115, 21-11 at the NIA badminton courts. The top seeded Kareena had an easy outing as she outplayed Sayali Dabholkar 21-6, 21-6 while, Riya Arolkar beat Samiaa Shah 22-20, 21-19 in a closely fought battle. Madhumita Kandalgaonkar and Arundhati Sabban dominated their respective matches to progress to the quarterfinals. In the boys u-10 group, Omkar Kshirsagar and Arnav Kumar secured comfortable wins while, Parth Lele won a close match to advance to the quarter-finals.
BCCI to convene SGM in Mumbai
NEW DELHI: The BCCI on Tuesday decided to convene a Special General Meeting of its affiliated units in Mumbai on August 5 to discuss about the implementation of the Lodha Committee Recommendations as per Supreme Court directives. The state unit members have been apprised about the development. "Yes, we have received an e-mail from the BCCI that there will be an SGM on August 5 at the Cricket Centre in Mumbai. The agenda is to discuss the implementation of the Supreme Court directives," a member of state unit confirmed the development to PTI. The idea of calling SGM before president Anurag Thakur and secretary Ajay Shirke meeting Lodha Panel on August 9 in New Delhi is to take stock of the current situation and also the viewpoint of the members regarding practical difficulties of implementation, before it is placed before the committee.