The Inter-State Electricity Board Badminton Championship being organised by Chhattisgarh State Electricity Board (CSEB) kicked off here at Union Club on Tuesday.
The championship is being organised by CSEB under the directive of All-India Electricity Sports Control Board. Chhattisgarh had good start and won its matches played on day one. Managing director Chhattisgarh Power Transmission Company Vijay Singh inaugurated the championship in a formal function at the club which is being played in both men and women category.
In matches played on Tuesday Andhra Pradesh (Generation Company) defeated Odisha. Similarly Gujarat defeated Delhi, Chhattisgarh defeated Delhi, Karnataka defeated Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra defeated Andhra Pradesh and Punjab defeated Maharashtra. In a clean sweep, Chhattisgarh defeated-Delhi by 3-0 in men’s category.
Further in women’s category, Chhattisgarh defeated Gujarat and Maharashtra defeated Madhya Pradesh by 2-0. Similarly in quarter final matches, Karnataka team defeated Maharashtra by 2-0 while Chhattisgarh got walkover from Andhra Pradesh. In other matches, Haryana defeated Madhya Pradesh by 3-0 and Uttar Pradesh defeated Reliance Power Company by 3-1. Matches are also being played at Sapre School Badminton Court.
The occasion was marked with presences of Chief Engineer DK Bhalerao, general manager (Human resources) R K Tiwari and PK Agrawal Union Club secretary Gurucharan Singh Hora, Chhattisgarh Power Transmission Company Executive director (Finance) MS Chauhan and chief referee Kavita Dixit.