Chennai, May 28 (IANS) Indian men's and women's teams maintained steady course and continued to lead the field in 16th Bridge Federation of Asia and Middle East (BFAME) Bridge Championship at Hotel Chola Sheraton here Saturday.
At the end of the third match of the round robin two, Indian men led with 155 Victory Points (VPs) while the women's team remained at the top collecting 141 VPs .
In the men's section, India were followed by Pakistan (146), Saudi Arabia (111), Bangladesh (104), Jordan (103) and Sri Lanka (85).
In the women's category, Jordan put up a better show than their men's team and were third behind Pakistan who have so far collected 119 points.
Commenting on Indian women team's performance, non-playing captain Arijit Guha said: "Except for the setback against Palestine on the second day, my players performed well so far. I am sure they will rise to the occasion and qualify for the next World championship for the Bermuda Bowl trophy.
In the Men's section the hosts are followed by Pakistan and Saudi Arabia with 146 and 111 VPs, while Bangladesh, Jordan and Sri Lanka are placed third,fourth and sixth with 104, 103 and 85 VPs respectively.
In the Women category after the second match of the round robin three, Jordanian women put up a little better show than their Men team and are positioned at the third spot behind Pakistan.
Pakistan have so far collected 119 points while Jordan and Palestine women have got 115 and 105 points respectively in this championship.
Commenting on Indian women team’s performance, non-playing captain of the team Arijit Guha said: “Except the set back against Palestine on the second day, my players performed well so far. I am sure they will rise to the occasion in the rest of the matches and qualify for the next world championship for the Bermuda Bowl. trophy.
Pakistan spearheaded by veteran Rashid-ul-Ghazi-Tehseen Gheewala, Tahir Masood, Javed Miran-Hasan Askari, and Hasan Jawad played intelligently and smartly to defeat Saudi Arabia 17-13 in the eighth round, information available here said.
Earlier in the 17th round, Pakistan thrashed Bangladesh 20-10. They beat Jordan 25-4 to record their biggest win in the event so far.
2009 runners-up, Pakistan has started badly by losing 9-21 to defending champions India but since then they have shown a good recovery to maintain their second slot in the six team points ladder.
India maintained their fine run when they beat Bangladesh 22-8 in the 8th round and Saudi Arabia beat Jordan 17-13.
Indians are enjoying top position with a whooping 155 Victory Points (VPs), Pakistan is placed second 6 points behind the arch rival with 149 VPs.
Saudis are occupying third place with 111, followed by Bangladesh (104), Jordan (103) and Sri Lanka (83).
The Pakistan Ladies team put up a great show in the 9th round when they went down fighting against India 14-16 in a thrilling encounter.
Pakistan team comprising Zeenat Azwer, Fizza Adamjee, Qudsia Dossa, Rubina Agha, Shamim Mahmood and Farida Ahmad played skillfully before losing narrowly.
Like the open team event, the hosts Indians also lead in Ladies competition with 141 VPs followed by Pakistan (118), Jordan (118) and Palestine (105).
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