53rd Inter IIT Sports Meet Concludes followed by Closing Function in Guwahati

GUWAHATI: The 53rd Inter IIT Sports Meet concluded on Friday. Finals of various sports events were held on the final day of competition and it was followed by closing function.

In Badminton, Samar Singla of IIT Delhi grabbed the title of Best Player after IIT Delhi beating IIT Roorkee by 3-0 for 3rd place match. IIT Kharagpur emerged champion beating IIT BHU by 3-0. In the women category, Roshni Shetty of winning team IIT Madras grabbed the best player title.

In Hockey, Sumit Yadav of IIT Roorkee collected best player award whereas Danish and Samarth of IIT Delhi emerged as the highest goal scorers.

In Basketball, IIT Delhi won the title defeating IIT Kanpur by 63-57. In the women category, IIT Roorkee defeated IIT Delhi 49-30 on way to win gold.

Cricket witnesses some breathtaking matches where IIT Delhi won the gold medal. They defeated IIT Kanpur in finals and IIT Bombay finished third. In Football, host IIT Guwahati settled for bronze after defeating IIT Kanpur by a mere score of 1-0. In a nail-biting final match between IIT Roorkee and IIT Delhi, the latter grabbed gold with a score of 1-0. In Lawn Tennis, Aman Deo of host team IIT Guwahati received the best player award. In the team event final between IIT Guwahati and IIT Madras, the host defeated the latter and grabbed gold. In Table Tennis, IIT Bombay won gold by defeating IIT Kharagpur 3-1. IIT Roorkee had to settle for bronze. In Women category, IIT Delhi defeated IIT Guwahati in finals and grabbed gold.

In Volleyball, IIT Delhi defeated IIT Roorkee by 3-0 in the heated final match and grabbed the gold medal.

In Women category, IIT Roorkee defeated IIT Madras in finals and grabbed gold.

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