HOSTS Dharampeth Krida Mandal (DKM) boys and girls made winning starts in the Prakash Rajurkar Memorial U-10 Talent Hunt Tournament began at the DKM court in Shankar Nagar on Saturday. In the opening match, DKM boys defeated Phoenix 20-8 with Advik Waghmare emerging as the top scorer with 12 points. Agrim Karandikar netted 10 points. For phoenix, Om Bhagat scored four points. In girls game, DKM blanked PLSC 12-0 with Ovi Pande scoring all the 12 points.

 

As many as 200 future generation of Nagpur players are playing their first basketball tournament. The tournament is being held under the aegis of Nagpur District Basketball Association. In other matches, Spartan pipped SNG 8-7. For the winners, Hitansh Waghaye scored four points.

 

For SNG, Parth netted four points. Thanks to Tarvik Bhongade’s six points, PKM boys beat UBA 8-2. Anaya Patil scored all the 15 points as NASA girls defeated NSCA 15-6. All the participating players were given attractive gifts. The tournament which attracted 13 boys and 6 girls teams was inaugurated by Shankar Nagar Corporator Vinay Dani. On the occasion, DKM founder Mohan Ghai, Secretary Ravindra Kulkarni, Anup Rajurkar, Samir Shrivastava, Dhiraj Kadao, Ashish Bhide, Prashant Sonewane and others were present.