Western Railway 5

In a battle of supposed equals, Western Railway clashed with Indian Air Force in the last match of the day. This pool B match up was significant as both teams had previously beaten Maharashtra, and were unlikely to overcome the formidable Indian Overseas Bank (IOB) team (IAF, in fact, had already lost to IOB on […]

Central Excise & Customs (Kochi) and IOB qualified from the men’s Group B for the semifinals after defeating Indian Air Force, Delhi and Punjab State respectively. As a result of finishing second in Group B, IOB will most likely face arch rivals and Group A toppers ONGC in the semifinals. Central Excise is expected to clash […]

15-04-13: After their drubbing on the first day at the hands of Western Railways, it was going to be next to impossible for Maharashtra to overcome a formidable IAF team, which just yesterday had taken the powerhouse Indian Overseas Bank (IOB) team right down to the wire before falling short. This game would be no cliffhanger. […]

SUMMARY Basketball in specific, sports in general and life in its entirety; these three can be approached in 2 ways: all or nothing. This Pool-B encounter between the most successful team in RMBT history, IOB and the defending champions Western Railway, was definitely of the latter variety. It was an insipid display of going through […]

Date: 14-04-2013: This wasn’t a game that Western Railways won. It was a game that Maharashtra lost. Abysmal team shooting by Maharashtra through the entire duration of the match destroyed any hopes they might have harboured about winning this game. They shot an atrocious 35% from the field, 29% from the 3 point arc and 50% […]