Nikhat Zareen & Simranjit Kaur made winning start in 6th Elite Women's National Championships.

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Nikhat Zareen & Simranjit Kaur made winning start in 6th Elite Women's National Championships.

Reigning World Champion Nikhat Zareen (50kg) and World Championships bronze medalist Simranjit kaur (60kg) scripted dominating winning start on the first day of 6th Elite Women's National Boxing Championships in Bhopal.

Telangana's Nikhat faced LK Abinaya of Tamil Nadu in the round-of-32 bout and started the game fiercely and landed a lot of punches and finally earned sensational victory over her opponent.

While Punjab's, Simranjit Kaur collides with Nilzaya Angmo of Ladakh in the round-of-32 bout. Nilzaya Angmo tried hard to resists the heavy punches of Simranjit but couldn’t succeed.

In the pre-quarterfinal stage, Nikhat will take on Meghalaya's Eva Marbaniang and Simranjit will clash with Pooja Behra of Jharkhand.