Watch out for these two
In the deep south of India junior carrom players from Visakhapatnam are slowly but surely honing their skills, and developing into world class players.
Both are pupils in class VII at the Siva Sivani School (Marripalem), where playing carrom is encouraged.
In the 34th sub-junior National Carrom Championships held in Trivandrum recently they came very near to victory.
A. Pavan secured second rank in the cadet boys’ category.
He made it to the finals where he was beaten by Shabaz Akthar of UP.
M.S.K. Harika made it through to the semi-finals and was fourth in the sub-junior girls event.
They both played extremely well against older and more experienced players.
Their coach, G. Srinivasa Rao, said he was very proud of the children and is optomistic about the future.
Read the complete article about the two future champions.