Mumbai
Mumbai Rockets started their Premier Badminton League campaign on a winning note as they beat Delhi Dashers 5-0 here today. The surprise package of the evening was Mumbai’s Shreyanshi Pardeshi who overcame world No. 32 Russian Evgeniya Kosetskaya. World No. 201 Pardeshi was a game down before fighting back to win the match 12-15 15-8 15-10. This was Delhi’s trump match.

Mumbai Rockets got off to a flying start as the South Korean men’s double pair of Kim Gi Jung and Lee Yong Dae scored a come-from-behind victory over Chai Biao and Wang Sijie, winning Mumbai’s trump match 14-15 15-12 15-9. Their good work was carried forward by Denmark’s Anders Antonsen in the men’s singles, beating Tommy Sugiarto from Indonesia 15-13 15-7.

Then came the match of the evening Sameer Verma, ranked 14th, took on No. 20 HS Prannoy. Prannoy started on an aggressive note and was initially 4-0 ahead. But Verma fought back before taking the tight first game 15-14. Verma then took the second game 15-9 to continue Rockets’ winning run.