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State shines at Indore pickleball Nationals

Updated on: 14 October,2022 08:08 AM IST  |  Mumbai
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Neeraj Maheshwari (men’s singles 50+), Hemal Jain and Sachin Jain (men’s doubles 40+), Kasturi Vighne and Kunal Bare (mixed doubles open) and Vighne and partner Kadambari Patil (women’s doubles open) were the bronze medal winners

State shines at Indore pickleball Nationals

Sukhdev Bamboriya (extreme left), Dean, Physical Education and Sports at IIST (Indore Institute of Science & Technology), Ashok Chouhan, Treasurer, MPPA (Madhya Pradesh Pickleball Association), Ranjan Gupta, Secretary, BPA (Bihar Pickleball Association), Arun S Bhatnagar IRS President, MPPA (Madhya Pradesh Pickleball Association), Ashok Mohanani, President, IPA (Indian Pickleball Association),winners in 60+ category, Ramesh Masurkar and partner of Ashok Mohanani, Rajath Kankar, Secretary IPA (Indian Pickleball Association), Balwant Salunke, Secretary, MPPA (Madhya Pradesh Pickleball Association) and Uday Dhonde (right), secretary, PAM (Pickleball Association of Maharashtra)

Maharashtra came up with a splendid performance at the pickleball Nationals held earlier this month at Indore. The state claimed seven gold medals, six silver and five bronze medals.


The gold medal winners are Manish Rao and Sachin Mandrekar (men’s doubles 50+), Sunil Joshi and Rao (men’s doubles 40+), Joshi and Vishal Chugh (men’s doubles 35+), Mandrekar and Bela Kotwani (mixed doubles 35+), Shaks Devnani (women’s singles 35+), Vanshik Kapadia and Sujay Mehta Parekh (mixed doubles open) and Ronav Motiani (boys singles U-19).


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Meanwhile, Ashok Mohanani and Ramesh Masurkar (men’s doubles 60+), Suresh Bhansali and Masurkar (men’s doubles 50+), Devnani and Kotwani (women’s doubles 35+), Simran Bangera (women’s singles 35+), Ritesh Jaiswal and Tushar Singh (boys doubles U-19) and the duo of Anush Popli and Stavya Bhasin (boys doubles U-16) settled for silver medals. 


Neeraj Maheshwari (men’s singles 50+), Hemal Jain and Sachin Jain (men’s doubles 40+), Kasturi Vighne and Kunal Bare (mixed doubles open) and Vighne and partner Kadambari Patil (women’s doubles open) were the bronze medal winners.

Pickleball is garnering tremendous attention in India and worldwide, with 450 participants across 18 states.

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