Saanvi steers Telangana women past Delhi 75-62, assured of a direct quarterfinal berth

Telangana women defeated Delhi 75-62 to assure themselves of a direct quarterfinal berth in the 41st Youth National Basketball Championship Chondhe Patil Sports Complex in Pimple Nilakh, Pune, on Friday.

Telangana’s star performer Saanvi Kolisetty once again guided her team to their second win and finish third in the group.

Mythri Reddy and Charitha Sree combined well as Telangana, who took the lead midway through the first quarter, managed to hang on to their lead till the final whistle.

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International Saanvi, who also shoulders the responsibility of captaining the side, continued her prolific run to emerge not only as the top scorer but also guided the others both in defence and offence.

International Saanvi Kolishetty, who also shoulders the responsibility of captaining the side, continued her prolific run to emerge not only as the top scorer but also guided the others both in defence and offence

Saanvi scored a whopping 37 points while Mythri Reddy got 15 and Charitha Sree D 14 for Telangana. Gulfsa was the topscorer for Delhi with 28 points, while Diya Sehrawat got 13 points.

Telangana boys lose to Gujarat

Telangana boys, however, went down without semblance of a fight to Gujarat with Sreevatsa emerging the top scorer with 21 points. Telangana lost to Gujarat 67-88 as they were unable to keep pace with their rivals. Hafiz Mithani scored 27 points for the winners, while Madhavendra Singh Jaitawat got 19, Viven Gamit and Amit Sariya scored 16 points apiece.

Results: Boys: Gujarat 88 (Hafiz Mithani 27, Madhavendra Singh Jaitawat 19, Viven Gamit 16, Amit Sariya 16) beat Telangana 67 (Kovid Sreevatsa 21).

Girls: Telangana 75 (Saanvi Kolisetty 37, Mythri Reddy Daggula 15, Charitha Sree D 14) beat Delhi 62 (Gulfsa 28, Diya Sehrawat 13).