2nd Mulki Sunder Ram Shetty All India Basketball Tournament 2015: Income Tax stuns ONGC, hosts Vijaya Bank win opener

Aravind Arumugam (in white) makes a layup against Southern Railways

The 2nd Mulki Sunder Ram Shetty All India Basketball Tournament 2015, being organised by Karnataka’s leading nationalised bank, Vijaya Bank, tipped off at the Kanteerava Indoor Stadium in Bengaluru earlier this evening.

Hosts Vijaya Bank got off to a strong start in the opening game, beating South Central Railway 70-57 in their Pool B league encounter. Later in the evening, a new look Income Tax-Chennai team stunned reigning national champions and tournament favourites ONGC Dehradun 77-65.

The opening day also saw the felicitation of three Vijaya Bank players: Shri G Dileep, a former Olympian basketballer who joined Vijaya Bank in 1984, and has recently retired from service and Current Vijaya Bank employees Arvind Arumugam and Rajesh Uppar (Vijaya Bank recruitment batch of 2012) who were part of the Senior Indian men’s team that finished 8th at the 28th FIBA Asia Basketball Championship last week in Changsha, China.

“Vijaya Bank has been encouraging sporting activities for more than four decades. A number of sportspersons recruited by the bank have brought laurels to the Institution, State and country over the years.” said Shri KR Shenoy, Executive Director of Vijaya Bank in his inaugural address to the participating teams and spectators.

DAY 1 RESULTS

Pool A: Income Tax Chennai (Ravi Kumar 16, Akilan 15) bt ONGC Dehradun (Trideep Rai 20, Yadwinder Singh 11) 77-65 [17-20, 23-12, 22-15, 22-10]

Pool B: Vijaya Bank (Arvind Arumugam 22, Anil Kumar 17, Rajesh Uppar 16) bt South Central Railway (Sujith Reddy 20, Naveen 15) 70-57 [18-10, 12-19, 24-16, 16-12]