AP players excel in Pesapallo championship

Vijayawada: The Andhra Pradesh Pesapallo players excelled at the International Circuit and won medals for the country and made the state proud, said AP Pisa polo chairman K Srinivas Rao in a release on Tuesday. He said as many as 10 players from the state represented the country at the 1st Asian Pesapallo Championship held at Dhaka, capital of Bangladesh. The championship was held from May 16 to 21.

He said four teams represented the country in Seniors Boys and Girls, Junior Boys and Girls category with 12 players in each team. In the seniors category both boys and girls team won Bronze medal, in junior category boys were the championship winners and the girls won Bronze medals.

He said out of the 10 players who represented the state, Venuri Jagadeesh from Krishna district led the senior Boys team and Erukala Harish from Anantapuram led the Juniors team.K Srinivas Rao congratulated the team members for winning medals.

He also appreciated the coach Kakarla Pavan Kumar from Guntur district. S Srinivas Rao, AP Pesapallo secretary, AP Softball association Secretary G Sambasiva Rao, treasurer Victor Moses and others were present.