Asian carrom championship: Aakankssha, Shainy wins womens’s doubles final

Aakankssha Kadam and Shainy Sebastian surprised multiple world champion Rashmi Kumari and K Nagajothi 21-25, 25-17, 25-17 in the women’s doubles final of the 6th Asian carrom championship in Maldives.

The men’s doubles title was also won by the Indian pair of K Srinivas and Mohd. Ghufran, who beat the Maldives duo of Ismail Azmeen and Hassan Nazim 25-15, 25-16 in the final. Earlier, in the open swiss league, featuring 80 players from seven countries, including Korea and Singapore, Prashant More won the title.