Tamil Nadu kabaddi team on song

Tamil Nadu dominated from the outset in both its ties and emerged a deserved winner. It defeated West Bengal 34-10 and in the evening session it vanquished Maharashtra 46-7. 

Results: Group A: Morning session: Tamil Nadu 34 bt West Bengal 10; Gujarat 26 lost to Maharashtra 37. Group B: Karnataka 39 bt Kerala 15; Punjab 13 lost to Andhra Pradesh 34. 

Evening session: Group A: Tamil Nadu 46 bt Maharashtra 7; Uttar Pradesh 32 bt West Bengal 19. Group B: Andhra Pradesh 35 bt Telangana 9; Karnataka 22 bt Telangana 9. 

Tamil Nadu will field a big contingent in the 57th National Open Athletic Championships to be held at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium from September 25 to 28. 

TN contingent:Men: Praveen Muthu Kumar, Elakkiyadasan, Sivakumar, Velayudham, Nithin, Akash, Rajesh Kumar, D Rangaraj, Jeeva Saran, Raguram, Jayaraj, Bahadur Patel, Yokesh, Victor Samuel, E Suruli, Mohammed Nissan, Veeramani, Santosh Kumar, Manikandan, Mothiarun, Aadarsh Ram, Mohammed Salahuddin, Kamal Raj, Surendhar, Gokulnath, Thangavsanth, Krishnaprasath, Shankar, Nirmalraj, Mithravarun, Suren, Saravanan. 

Women: Chandralekha, Archana, AP Srija, Subha, Vithya Roshini, Elavarasi, Priya, Gowthami, Egnesh, Kanimozhi, Nandhini, Dhanalakshmi, Victor Samuel, Siva Anbarasi, Viswa Pariya, Ramalakshmi, Vinotha, Uma Maheswari, Yogesh, Sherin, Nisha Banu,Sabari Shankar, Pavithra, Sathya, Nndhini, Manthra, Rega, Karunya, Srinithi, Medha, Shanthi, Hemamalini, Mohana, Sowmiya, Santhayi, Soorya.