Patna had a bright start to the match and Bengal levelled the score for the first time only in the eighth minute. In a meeting with the sports ministry after the Games, the federation said Mestvirishvili had ‘outlived his usefulness’ and had to be replaced. However, the 13th-seeded Czech was in complete control from the start, never surrendering a break point the entire match. zied speculation when she accidentally posted a short-lived selfie on social media with the caption: “20 weeks”. But it was all sweat in a rough start for the former world number one as she made nine unforced errors in the first three games. It was dominating performance by the Guru Nanak Public School forwards as they maintained their supremacy in all the four quarters of the final. The left-back was long under Zinedine Zidane’s radar, and his inclusion in the Real squad reduces the work load on Marcelo. Patna slowed down for a few minutes after that but were back in the game when they inflicted an all out in the 17th minute. Pardeep Narwal was back at his best after an uncharacteristically low-key performance against the Warriors in Mumbai. In his two-page letter, Ghavri has written about two issues in particular, firstly 73-year-old Niran.