JAMMU, Nov 30: Skater turned Rollball player, Hiteshwar Singh brought laurels
to Jammu and Kashmir after India retained the title in the 5 th Rollball World
Cup held at Chennai.
Playing his second World Cup, Hiteshwar emerged as highest goal scorer for
gold winning Indian side thus remained in limelight.
Defending Champion India, lead by Adtiya Ganeshwade of Maharahtra,
defeated Kenya in final 804. Earlier, in the semifinals, India beat Bangladesh 2-
1. In the preliminary league round, India defeated Egypt, Sengal, Belarus, New
Zealand, England, Vietnam and Maldives.
Similarly, in women section, India lost to Kenya in the final to finish runners-up.
Two J&K women, Khushi Gupta and Suvidha Sareen were part of the Indian
women team. India reached final defeating Egypt in the last four stages of the
competition and trounced England in quarterfinals. In league stages, India
defeated Bangladesh, China, Maldives, Australia. Khushi Gupta scored six goles
and Suvidha Sareen three in the competition, a handout issued by the J&K Roll
Ball Association here today informed.
Important to mention here that five boys and three girls from J&K were
selected as probable. But only three (two girls and one boy) could make it to
the team India.
Madhu Sharma of Jammu and Kashmir headed the technical panel in the 5th
Rollball World Cup, the handout added.
