Maharashtra's Under-21 girls brightened their chances of making it to the knock-out stage easing past Andhra Pradesh 31-19 in the Khelo India Youth Games Kabaddi event here on Tuesday.
For the hosts, Sonali Helvi did well to help build up a 12-9 lead with some good tackles and great raids, a media release said.
However, later, the hosts were subjected to losses in the Under-21 boys and Under-17 girls sections respectively.
The States boys suffered a heart-breaking single point loss to Kerala 34-35 despite beginning well and leading 12-10 initially.
The girls were outdone by Haryana 17-37 in an Under-17 match.