STATE TIMES NEWS
JAMMU: The home team of volleyball outplayed Pondicherry and Manipur and lost to Gujarat in the leagues matches of the ongoing 71st Senior National Volleyball Championship held at Guwahati.
As per report reaching here, in its opening match, J&K men team outplayed Pondicherry by 3-2 (25-23, 25-22, 11-25, 20-25, 15-09). In second match, J&K lost to Gujarat by 2-3 (15-25, 25-21, 26-28, 25-21, 09-15). Bouncing back after the defeat, J&K team played well and won the third league match outplaying Manipur by 3-0 (25-13, 25-16, 25-23).
Spikers Shahid Majeed, Amir, Pankaj Sharma, Shabir Shaid and Romi displayed their magnificent skills and dominated the proceedings to achieve victories in two games.
Placed in group-E, J&K shall now meet opponents from Odisha and Tripura in the next outings.
The J&K team left under the banner of Volleyball Association of Jammu and Kashmir is playing under the guidance of UT volleyball coaches.
In a message sent to team, Patron-in-Chief Volleyball Association of Jammu and Kashmir, Raj Daluja and President Sidharth Daluja congratulated the men team and officials for their brilliant display in the national championship and exhorted them to continue their efforts in achieving further success in the championship.