Indian Railways women beat Delhi to win the inaugural 3x3 national basketball championship while their male counterparts were beaten by Tamil Nadu in a close final, here today.
Railways women recorded a convincing 21-12 win over Delhi in the finals played at the Thyagaraj stadium.
Maharashtra women defeated Punjab 19-10 to finish third in the competition.
In the men's final, Tamil Nadu registered an extra-time win over Railways (22-20) after both two teams were tied at 20 each at the end of 10 minutes.
Uttrakhand finished third by beating Kerala 21-13.
Results:
Men (Final): Tamil Nadu (Pratham Singh 11, Rikin Pethani 8, CV Dinesh 2, P Axilan 1) bt Railways (Prakash Mishra 9, Arjun Singh 6, Gagandeep Singh 4, Vikram parmar 1) 22-20 in Extra Time (regulation time 20-20)
Third place: Uttrakhand (Vishesh Briguvanshi 10) bt Kerala (Manoj R 6) 21-13
Women (Final): Railways (Manisha Dange 8, Geethu Anna Jose 7, P Anitha 6) bt Delhi (Raspreet Sidhu 7, Prashanti Singh 4) 21-12
Third place: Maharashtra (Shireen Limaye 7) bt Punjab (Kiranjeet Kaur 5) 19-10.
