Inter-IIT sports meet ends in city; hosts finish 7th, Delhi top

Guwahati | Thursday | 3rd January, 2019

Summary:

The hosts bagged the bronze after defeating IIT Kanpur.IIT Bombay won gold in table tennis, while IIT Roorkee had to settle for bronze. The hosts, IIT Guwahati finished at 7th position with 35.4 points.Cricket witnessed some breathtaking matches where IIT Delhi won the gold medal, defeating IIT Kanpur in the final, while IIT Bombay had to settle for bronze by defeating IIT Madras.In a nail-biting football final match between IIT Roorkee and IIT Delhi, the latter clinched gold with a 1-0 victory. In the women's category of the event, IIT Guwahati defeated IIT Delhi by 2-0 in the final and grabbed gold, while IIT Roorkee had to settle for bronze against IIT Madras.In volleyball, IIT Delhi defeated IIT Roorkee by 3-0 in the heated final match and clinched the gold medal, whereas the bronze medal in the event was bagged by IIT Bombay. The 53rd inter-IIT sports meet concluded at IIT Guwahati, with finals of various sports events and a valedictory ceremony officially bringing down curtains on the sporting extravaganza here recently.IIT Delhi ranked first in the overall points tally for the championship with a whopping 106.8 points, while IIT Roorkee secured the second position with 80.4 points and was closely followed by IIT Kharagpur with 80 points. On the other hand, in the women's category of the event, IIT Roorkee defeated IIT Madras in the final and grabbed gold while IIT Bombay had to settle for bronze against IIT Kharagpur.Tennis player Aman Deo of IIT Guwahati was awarded the title of best player in the final between IIT Guwahati and IIT Madras, the hosts defeated the latter and grabbed gold..