Semi-final line-up takes shape at Youth National Basketball Championship

Hyderabad: The stage is set for the semi-finals of the CM Chashak 41st Youth National Basketball Championship at the Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex in Balewadi, Pune.

In the girls’ section, powerhouse Karnataka will face the winner of the quarter-final clash between Kerala and Haryana, while hosts Maharashtra will take on the winner of the Chandigarh-Tamil Nadu fixture.

In the boys’ section, a dominant Rajasthan line-up will face the winner of the Uttarakhand-Madhya Pradesh quarter-final, while title contenders Tamil Nadu are scheduled to play the winner of the Chandigarh-Uttar Pradesh match.

Earlier in the quarter-finals, Karnataka girls put up a clinical performance to beat Chhattisgarh 79-55, riding on Mahek Sharma’s 22 points. Maharashtra girls also booked their semi-final berth with a comfortable 68-53 win over Telangana, powered by Siya Bhonsle’s 17 points.

In the boys’ quarter-finals, Rajasthan outclassed Kerala 86-70, with Jay Sharma contributing 19 points, while Tamil Nadu beat Gujarat 93-80 in a high-scoring encounter.

The scores:

Quarter-finals

Girls:

Karnataka 79 (Mahek Sharma 22, HS Shreshta 17, Aanchal P Seervi 18, Vibha S M 12, Aadhya Vijay 10) beat Chhattisgarh 55 (Rumi Konwar 26).

Maharashtra 68 (Siya Bhonsle 17, Sawa Bhagat 12, Tanvi Jadhav 11, Vaishnavi Pardeshi 11, Sawan Saranaya 10) beat Telangana 53 (Mytri Reddy Daggula 22, Saanvi Kolisetty 11, Divyansi Mishra 10).

Boys:

Rajasthan 86 (Jay Sharma 19, Abhishek Chowdary 15, Akshay Nayak 13, Himanshu 10) beat Kerala 70 (Joel Jose 21, Govind Govar 19, Niranjan S R 11).

Tamil Nadu 93 (Sarvesh Raghu 20, Ranjith K 19, Fyodor Athithan 17, Barati Vaj 16, Arunpandi B 10) beat Gujarat 80 (Mahendra Singh Jaitawat 18, Amit Sariya 17, Garvit Grover 15).