The Only Sporting event of its kind in Indian B-School Circuit Concludes with Comprehensive win for XLRI by 13-8 margin.

Congratulatory messages continue to stream in from Alumni across the Corporate world.

"This was supposed to be a cakewalk. What happened?" The IIM Calcutta Contingent was left shell-shocked after the two-day battle for the coveted Tata Tinplate 33rd Annual XLRI - IIM Calcutta Trophy drew to a close. XLRI convincingly claimed the trophy by beating the IIMCians 13-8.

"We knew we could win the trophy the moment we won the cricket match against all odds. In true India-Pakistan style, the match had a nail biting finish with XLRI having to score 3 runs in the final 2 balls, which attitude-wielding batsman, G. Harikrishnan wound up with a stylish 4 off the last ball," said a visibly charged Pradeep Mamak, Executive Member, Sports Committee. "The defining moment was winning the badminton match against them, which had Vijay Lancy, a player who represented India in the international arena." The extremely competitive Men's Badminton match saw a tough fight. The result was a tie in the singles round, with people waiting eagerly to see the result of the deciding doubles match scheduled for the following day, which swung in XLRI's favour: the tie break Badminton match saw XLRI winning the final set.

The campus was charged right from the moment the IIMCians landed at XLRI. The first event was women's throw ball, which was won by the XLers, and within no time XLRI won four events, and the trend set at 4-0 in favour of the XLers; things were looking very rosy indeed. But IIMC fought back, and levelled the scores by the end of the first day, which set up the stage for a crucial day two.

The deciding factor of the meet was the girls' events. "Our women played really well. Also, XLers offered tremendous crowd support, turning out in large numbers to cheer players irrespective of the time of the day," continued Pradeep about the long night, which extended upto 4 am the next day. In Men's and Women's tennis, Squash and Chess, the honors were equally distributed with the IIMCians winning both the tennis categories and XLRI taking the points for Chess and Squash.

The IIMCians took the points for the Men and Women's table tennis, while XLers stole the show winning all categories in Athletics. The Men and Women's Volleyball matches that followed, though, saw the IIMCians win by a huge margin. The scores stood precariously at 7-6 now, in IIM C's favour. The victory for them was short lived though, with XLers winning consecutive events - Bridge, Carrom, Football (2-0), XLRI's homegrown Frisball and both Men's and Women's Basketball events later.

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Contributed by -
Gaurav Kathotia,
Senior Executive Member,
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XLRI, Jamshedpur.