The teams of Kerala and Hyderabad reached the quarter finals of All India Civil Services Basketball Contest -2017. The contest is being played at TT Nagar Stadium.
Here on Monday, the teams while giving a tough fight to each other exhibited an impressive performance. On the second day of the contest, six matches were played in which Kerala and Hyderabad teams made it to the quarter finals.
On the second day of the contest matches were played from 8 am and continued till late evening. In the first match Kerala defeated Telangana by 51-26 points. In the second match team Chhattisgarh defeated Maharashtra by 65-38 points.
Further, in the third match Uttar Pradesh has defeated Bihar by 48-35, Central Secretariat defeated Tamil Nadu by 78-38, Rajasthan defeated Andhra Pradesh by 69-48 points and Gujarat defeated Karnataka by 59-34 points.
In the pre-quarterfinal matches played on Monday evening, Kerala defeated Haryana by 69-61 points and Hyderabad by defeating Delhi NCR by 88-64 points entered in the quarterfinals.
Under the competition the Madhya Pradesh team continued their winning streak and defeated Bihar by 34-22 points. In the match played by Captain Shashank Shukla and Coach A Suresh, Madhya Pradesh players Damodar Arya 10, Pawan Mishra 9 and Sunil Pahuga made significant contribution to 7 points.
Similarly, in the other contestants, Delhi NCR defeated Karnataka by 57-26 points, Chhattisgarh defeated Haryana by 69-41 points, Andhra Pradesh defeated Pondicherry by 59-32 points, Central Secretariat defeated Telangana 54-26 points, Kerala defeated Tamil Nadu 45-29 points, Ahmedabad defeated RSB Hyderabad by 79-47 and RSB Chennai defeated RSB Mumbai by 68-42 points.