Patna: Bihar team for the 68th Senior National Ball Badminton Championship (Men and Women) to be held at Kollam (Kerala) from December 24 to 28 has been announced.
Announcing the team, Secretary of Bihar State Ball Badminton Association, Gouri Shankar said that Bihar Legislative Council member-cum- President of Bihar State Ball Badminton Association Prof. Nawal Kishore Yadav, Senior Vice President of the association and Bihar Industries Minister Samir Kumar Mahaseth, Vice President Prof. Suheli Mehta, Secretary of Ishwar Dayal Welfare Trust Anamika Paswan, Joint Secretary of association Mitali Mitra, Ranjan Gupta, Principal of Devipad Chaudhary Shaheed Memorial Higher Secondary School, Patna Vinay Kumar Singh and Dr Arun Dayal, Secretary, Patna District Ball Badminton Association congratulated the players for their selection in Bihar team and wished them for excellent performance in the National Championship. The Bihar team left for Kerala by Patna-Ernakulum Express on Tuesday.
Team (Men): Deepak Prakash Ranjan (Captain, Madhepura), Badal Kumar (Police Academy), Rahul Kumar, Ankit Sharma (Naugachia), Raju Kumar, Ankit Kumar (Begusarai), Ravi Ranjan Kumar, Vinod Kumar Dhoni (Vaishali), Rama Shankar (Sitamarhi), Satyam Anand (Patna).
Coach – Suman Kumar, Manager – Satyam Kumar (Madhepura).
Women: Sonali Ghosh (Captain, Police Academy), Neha Rani (Patna), Yukta Rani, Poonam Kumari (Begusarai), Priya Singh, Kavita Kumari, Priyanka Kumari (Vaishali), Neha Kumari (Saran), Kumkum Kumari (East Champaran) Sakshi Kumari (Navagachia).
Coach – Santosh Kumar Sharma (Darbhanga), Manager – Rajni Gandha (East Champaran).
