Indian teams maintain lead in Asian bridge
May 28th, 2011 - 9:34 pm ICT by IANSChennai, May 28 (IANS) Indian men’s and women’s teams maintained steady course and continued to lead the field in 16th Bridge Federation of Asia and Middle East (BFAME) Bridge Championship at Hotel Chola Sheraton here Saturday.
At the end of the third match of the round robin two, Indian men led with 155 Victory Points (VPs) while the women’s team remained at the top collecting 141 VPs .
In the men’s section, India were followed by Pakistan (146), Saudi Arabia (111), Bangladesh (104), Jordan (103) and Sri Lanka (85).
In the women’s category, Jordan put up a better show than their men’s team and were third behind Pakistan who have so far collected 119 points.
Commenting on Indian women team’s performance, non-playing captain Arijit Guha said: “Except for the setback against Palestine on the second day, my players performed well so far. I am sure they will rise to the occasion and qualify for the next World championship for the Bermuda Bowl trophy.”
Though all the Indian women players Rita Choksi, Geeta Lakhani, Bharat Dey, Aparna Sain, Prabha Kunder and Yvette Singapori did well, the last two named managed to earn 13 International Match points (IMPs) by making a Slam in spite of having only 26 points against Jordan.
Similarly, veteran Pritish Kushari judged a three no-trump contract well against Sri Lanka, earning 13 IMPs.
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