State ranking badminton tournament begins from April 29 at Manasagangotri indoor stadium

State ranking badminton tournament begins from April 29 at Manasagangotri indoor stadium

Mysuru: The Mysore District Badminton Association, under the aegis of Karnataka Badminton Association will be conducting six-day state ranking badminton tournament at Manasagangotri indoor stadium from April 29 to May 4. International players including national top seed Ashwini Bhat will also be seen in action during the six-day event.

More than 600 players, both boys and girls from across the state will be competing in different age categories, including U-13, U-15, U-17 and U-19 in both singles and doubles events. Apart from Ashwini Bhat, some of the other top ranked players who will be seen in action in U-17 and U-19 include Dhruthi Yathish, Trisha Hegde, Thejas Kallokar, Nikhil Shyam Sriram, Deepti Ramesh, Kruthi Bharadwaj, Meda Shashidaran and Ananny Praveen.

SG Prabhu, organising secretary of the event said "For smooth conduct of the competition we have arranged four courts. Many top ranked players are expected to take part in all the four age categories. The total prize money for the competition is Rs 2 lakh.