Playing his seventh straight Final, Akaash of Karnataka scored a comfortable win over Shaik Abdul Hameed of Delhi (425- 353) in two game Title clash to win his 3rd Title.
In the Stepladder round matches, based on total pinfall of 2 games,Shaik Abdul Hameed of Delhi defeated Dhruv Sarda of Delhi(433-335) by a margin of 98 pins to move to Final.
In Match1, Dhruv Sarda of Delhi overpowered Shabbir Dhankot of Tamil Nadu (412-372).
Shabbir Dhankot, Ganesh N T and Mahipal Singh of Team Tamil Nadu finished overall 4th, 5th and 7th respectively.
In the Women’s Final, Sumathi Nallabantu of Andhra Pradesh defeated Preemal J of Karnataka (342–286). This was Sumathi’s 4th National Crown.
Earlier, Sumathi (Andhra Pradesh) moved to the Final defeating Anuradha Sarda (Delhi) (356-272)and in Match 1, Sumathi defeated Kashmira Kudale (Maharashtra)(424-309)
Special awards:
1) Most Promising Player – Dhanush Reddy (Karnataka)
2) Maximum No. of Scores above 225 (Men) – Shaik Abdul Hameed (Delhi) (11)
3) Maximum No. of Scores above 200 (Women) – Shabeena Kasmani (Maharashtra) (4)
4) Highest block of 6 Games (Men) – Shail Abdul Hameed (Delhi) (1359 pins)
5) Highest block of 6 Games (Women) – Anuradha Sarda (Delhi) (1081 pins)
6) Perfect Game – Shaik Abdul Hameed (Delhi)