SUBHASH MISHRA
Dhanbad, Nov 1: Ranchi shuttlers Samvith Ramesh, Aniket Singh, and Arul Kumar made a strong start, cruising to comfortable victories in both the under-15 and under-17 boys’ categories of the Yonex Sunrise Jharkhand State Junior Badminton Championship, which began at the Indoor Stadium here on Friday evening.
Promising talent Samvith Ramesh showcased his impressive game, outclassing Avik Kathuria of Dhanbad in the boys’ under-15 event. Continuing his fine form, he went on to secure an effortless win over Somnath Dutta of Dumka in the under-17 category.
Ranchi’s Aniket Singh also advanced smoothly, defeating Hrishad Choudhary of Dhanbad in the under-15 match and Aditya Kumar of Jamshedpur in the under-17 singles.
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Arul Kumar maintained Ranchi’s dominance with back-to-back victories—he beat Nitin Rai Say of Gumla in under-15 and Abhirup Raj of Jamshedpur in under-17 matches.
Boys U-15 Results:
- Samvith Ramesh (Ranchi) bt Avik Kathuria (Dhanbad) 15-0, 15-5
- Arul Kumar (Ranchi) bt Nitin Rai Say (Gumla) 15-9, 15-7
- Rituraj (Jamshedpur) bt Priyarth Gupta (Giridih) 15-13, 15-12
- Aniket Singh (Ranchi) bt Hrishad Choudhary (Dhanbad) 15-6, 15-5
- Akshat Kumar (Bokaro) bt Dhrub Narayan (Dumka) 15-14, 15-12
- Rajveer D (Giridih) bt Lakshya Raj (Dhanbad) 15-4, 15-2
- Ansh Kumar (Lohardagga) bt Nishikant Mahto (Jamshedpur) 12-15, 15-6, 15-5
- Jedidah Baskey (Dumka) bt Jimmi Josh Tirkey (Dhanbad) 15-9, 11-15, 15-10
- Shreyash Kesri (Deoghar) bt Arav Sawaria (Dhanbad) 15-6, 15-5
- Manish Hembram (Chaibasa) bt Rayyan Ezaj (Jamshedpur) 15-13, 15-5
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Boys U-17 Results:
- Samvith Ramesh (Ranchi) bt Somnath Dutta (Dumka) 15-3, 15-3
- Aniket Singh (Ranchi) bt Aditya Kumar (Jamshedpur) 15-12, 15-3
- Arul Kumar (Ranchi) bt Abhirup Raj (Jamshedpur) 15-6, 15-6
- Abhishek Kumar (Dumka) bt Prasant Pandit (Khunti) 15-8, 15-7
- Ronak Raj (Gumla) bt Ridhan Chatterjee (Dhanbad) 15-13, 15-8
- Ankit (Bokaro) bt Rayyan Ejaz (Jamshedpur) 15-7, 15-12
- Swapneel Nayak (Hazaribagh) bt Priyanshu Kaibarta (Jamshedpur) 15-4, 15-9
- Aarush Kumar (Jamshedpur) bt Vinayak Sharma (Sahibganj) 10-15, 15-13, 15-14
- Jayant Murmu (Jamshedpur) bt Ashutosh Dutta (Dumka) 15-8, 15-10
- Shree Ram Ratan (Ranchi) bt Umang Kumar Sahu (Lohardagga) 15-0, 15-5
