The dominant Bajrang shall be again quickly: Bajrang Punia

“You will soon see the Bajrang who ruled the mat in 2018,” assured Tokyo Olympics bronze medallist Bajrang Punia after profitable the 65kg trials for the Commonwealth Games whereas Ravi Dahiya and Deepak Punia additionally expectedly triumphed of their respective classes, right here on Tuesday.

Bajrang, who’s beneath the scanner for lack of attacking strikes in his bouts for the reason that Asian Championship, booked his berth within the nationwide staff with wins over Sujeet (4-0) and Vishal Kalliraman (2-1).

Like it occurred within the Asian Championship in Mongolia, the place he gained a silver, Bajrang was largely engaged in standing wrestling towards Sujeet, profitable factors on passivity of his rival.

In the ultimate towards Vishal, he tried a couple of strikes however was placed on clock himself for lack of motion and ultimately prevailed.

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“I have just started competing after a long gap, injury was also there, so certainly there is a bit of hesitancy in going for attacks,” Bajrang stated.

“But you will soon the Bajrang of 2018 (who dominated the mat across globe). It’s just a matter of playing more matches. I have World Championship in mind, and will play Ranking Series events before that. I will get better with more competitive bouts.”

Talking in regards to the closing, the 28-year-old stated, “Vishal is not a bad wrestler. Also, due to heavy sweating, the mat was getting slippery and that at times nullifies the difference (in quality) between two wrestlers.” In the 57kg, the gulf between Tokyo Games silver medal winner Ravi Kumar Dahiya and others was obvious.

He gained by fall towards Vijay and eked out a win by technical superiority towards Aman within the closing.

To his credit score, Vijay, who hails from Maharashtra, didn’t get intimidated by Ravi and confirmed abdomen for bout.

There was intense competitors within the 74kg the place Naveen emerged champion with a TSU win over Gaurav Baliyan, who just lately win a silver in Asian Championship in 79kg.

There had been many high quality but ageing wrestlers on this class reminiscent of Amit Dhankar, Parveen Rana, nationwide champion Pritam together with younger weapons like Yash Tunir.

In the 86kg, Deepak Punia simply sailed by way of, profitable towards Vickey (4-3) and Sanjeet.

In the 97kg, Satyawart Kadiyan and Mausam Khatri bit the mud as Deepak claimed his place within the Indian staff with an authoritative win over gifted Sahil Ahlawat.

Mohit gained the controversy-marred 125kg closing.

The Birmingham Games will start on July 28.