Paddler Pritam Ghosh of Bengal serves against Kaushik Phukan of Assam in a match of the 29th All India Postal Table Tennis Tournament. The tournament started at Patliputra Sports Complex on Monday. In the match, Kaushik Phukan defeated Ghosh by 3-1. The host team, Bihar, which is organising the tourney, lost both its games in men’s and women’s categories. In other matches of the men’s category, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Assam and Gujarat reached the next round by winning their matches. In the women’s category, Gujarat, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh reached the next round. Earlier, chief postmaster general, Bihar, Brigadier G Bhuyian inaugurated the tournament. Nine women’s teams and 13 men’s teams are taking part in the tournament which would conclude on February 7. Text by Roshan Kumar, picture by Jai Prakash