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Indian slicers win Second Test by Winston Rajudeen The Indian slicers gave yet another fine performance at the Colombo Hotel Hilton 'Blue Elephant' to win the Second Test taking the lead 2/0 in the Test series. The Indian slicers with a 1/0 lead in the First Test held at Central Bank Auditorium, Anuradhapura displayed their supremacy over the Lankans when they won the men's singles event 3/0 and the women's singles event 3/0 convincingly. Fine Achievement However in the First Test, Viraj Fernando (one time ranked World No: 5) was the only Sri Lanka slicer to win against an Indian player. He defeated R. M. Shankara (World No: 1 and currently ranked No: 3) scores 25/23, 14/25, 25/23 D. Nishantha Fernando (Ranked No: 2) played extremely well and equalised one each at the end of the second set with scores 3/25, 25/17 and extended the game on to the third set but unfortunately lost the final set by 16/25. Had he won the last set it would have been a historic win for Sri Lanka to win a Test which slipped away from the jaws of winning, which the Indians won by 2/1. Indians triumph The Indian slicers played magnificently and in total command in the Second Test. R. M. Shankara bounced back when he repulsed Viraj Fernando with a sweet return with scores of 25/12 and 25/9 in his favour. Nishantha Fernando having lost the first set by 08/25 played well in the second set to hold D. Kubendra Babu at 18/19 upto the end of the 9th frame but lost the grip at the end of the 10th frame losing 18/25 to Kubendra Babu. India's rank No: 1 Sandeep Devrukar was in fantastic form and defeated Chamil Cooray (SL No: 1) 25/1, 25/05 giving him absolutely no chance to recover from the onslaught. Indian women slicers on top P. Nirmala the senior women slicer who toured Sri Lanka previously and the 4th occasion playing Test carrom won her first set comfortably 25/02 against Amitha Wickremasinghe, the Sri Lankan Women Captain, Amitha played well in the second set holding Nirmala 17/21 upto the end of the 9th frame. But the Indian lass sliced her way through to defeat Amitha 25/17 at the end of the 10th frame. Sangeetha Chandurkar of Maharastra (Ranked No:5) defeated Sri Lanka Women No:2 Nayana Wickremesinghe in straight sets 25/10, 25/10 The General Manager of the Colombo Hotel Hilton (Main Sponsor) Wibo Wilmink awarded the prizes to the two teams, ably supported by President of the Hilton Sports Club, M. Jaldin the organiser and promoter of sports at CHH. |
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