Pune

Pune, 14th December 2024: Indian Airforce, Indian Navy, Mystic  Raigad 96,  and Central Railways entered  the semifinals  of the  Katakkar Karandak All-India Inter-Club Water Polo Tournament which is being organized by Deccan Gymkhana and played at Deccan Gymkhana Tilak Tank.

Mystic Raigad 96 won two league matches in a row , in the first match they scored a 14-5 win over  South Eastern Railway. In their second league match the Mystic 96 Raigad scored a 13-10 win over Calcutta Swimming Association.

In the best match of the tournament Amravati edged out Khiddarpur Kolkata 18-17 . At the end of the fourth quarter, both teams  were tied 13-13 , the match went to a penalty shootout which ended at 5-5 , The first five penalty shootouts were tied again. Therefore, the penalty shootout was extended, In that  a ball from a Khiddarpur player hit the pole, giving Amravati a one-goal victory which turned inconsequential as the other teams made the last four stage.

Results: League Round:
Dolphins Kerala: 13(Ambadi NS 4, Adityan 3, Akash 2, Anandu A 2, Smrityaketh MR 2) bt Khiddarpur Kolkata: 11(Kishore Routh 4, Anirban Mandal 3, Jayanta Jana 2, Papu Aran 1, Pratap Dera 1);

South Eastern Railway: 12 ((Karthik Chandra Das 6, Promit Dey 2, Mohan Shaw 1, Debraj Dey 1, Pritish Das 1, Ranjan Ghosh 1)) bt Calcutta Sports Association (CSA): 11 (Saumen Mandal 7, Sahil Shaikh 1, SK Aryan Rehman 1, Shubdeep Haldar 1, SK Alvi Riza 1)

Amravati: 18((Aditya Thete 5, Vishal Mahajan 4, Partha Ambulkar 3, Vedant Saraf 3, Swarnim Chepe 2, Manthan Shivanikar 1) bt Khiddarpur Kolkata: 17((Jayantha Jana 5, Saugata Biswas 5, Argha Haldhar 2) , Anirban Mandal 1, Pappu Aran 1, Pratap Dera 1, Kishore Routh 1, Vishal Yadav 1) ;

Mystic Raigad 96: 14((Bhushan Patil 6, Sarang Vaidya 3, Ashwini Kumar Kunde 3, Manish Khomane 1, Akshay Kumar Kunde 1) bt South Eastern Railway: 5( (Debaraj Dey 2, Kartik Das 1 , Bidyuk Mridha 1, Pritish Das 1)

Amravati: 11(Vishal Mahajan 2, Aditya Thete 2, Swarnim Chepe 2, Partha Ambulkar 2, Yash Durge 1, Kaustubh Pathak 1, Vedant Saraf 1) bt  Dolphin Kerala: 10( Akash VS 4, Anandu A 2, Smritiket 2, Ambadi 1, Taufik 1)

Mystic 96 Raigad: 13( (Sarang Vaidya 3, Arjun Kawale 2, Akshay Kunde 2, Ashwini Kumar Kunde 2, Bhushan Patil 1, Shreyas Vaidya 1, Manish Khomane 1, Karan Shukla 1) bt Calcutta Swimming Association (CSA): 10(Aryan 2, Soumen Mondal 2, Shubhdeep Halder 2, S K Alviriza 2, Ashish Sardar 1, Biswajit Dutta 1)