Anurag Majumdar and Anjali Nair, the emerging Roll Ball players of Chhattisgarh, brought laurels to the State and the nation by securing first place as players in the six-nation Sheikh Russell 2nd South Asian Roll Ball held in Bangladesh recently.
On their arrival, a felicitation programme was held at Raipur Press Club on Wednesday to honour both the players for their achievement. India, Pakistan, Sri lanka, Nepal, Bhutan and hosts Bangladesh competed in the 2nd version of the meet, organised jointly by Bangladesh Roll Ball Association and South Asian Roll Ball Federation under the aegis of International Roll Ball Federation.
Six teams, split into two groups, took part in the Men’s competition. The groups were: Group A — Sri lanka, Bangladesh and Bhutan; and Group B— Indian, Pakistan and Nepal. Three teams — India, Bangladesh and Nepal competed in the Women’s group of the competition.
In the final India Men’s team beat Pakistan by 5-2 goals while India Women’s team defeated Nepal Women’s team by 7-1 goals. Bangladesh finished 3rd in both the Men’s and the Women’s groups. The matches were held in two venues — Dhanmondi Abahani Ground in Dhaka and Shaheed Suhrawardy National Indoor Stadium in Mirpur, Bangladesh.