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  • Harith Noah claims INRC 2w victory after a tie: Rally of Coimbatore

    Harith Noah claims INRC 2w victory after a tie: Rally of Coimbatore

    Coimbatore, 30 July 2018: Harith Noah of Team TVS riding a TVS RTR 450 motorcycle, had tie with Abdul Wahid of the same team, clocking 47 minutes and 33 seconds. Applying the tie breaker rule, Harith Noah who had clocked the fastest time in the first stage was declared the overall winner of the MRF Rally of Coimbatore, the fifth round of the MRF MoGrip FMSCI National Rally Championship for two-wheelers, here on Sunday.

    “The route was very challenging and I enjoyed riding the stages,” said Shoranur based winner Harith Noah. “This is one of the best event I haven taken part“, he added.

    He clocked 47 min, 33 seconds to complete the challenging Special Stages set around the wind farms near the Kethanur (Palladam) area.

    The total distance of the route was approximately 111.11 kms, with the total distance of the Special Stages approximately 56 kms. This time around, unlike last year, there were two Special Stages – the Black Thunder Stage (14.85 km) and the Thunder World Stage (14.45 km).

    R. Nataraj, winner of the opening four rounds, came overall third in a time of 49 minutes and 09 seconds.

    Seventy Four riders took part in the in the rally organised by Coimbatore Auto Sports Club, while Local lad K. Sasikumar won the Star of Tamil Nadu category exclusively for riders from Tamil Nadu and was placed overall 14 with a time of 58 minutes and 16 seconds.

    The ceremonial flag off was from Hotel Gokulam Park by R Kanagaraj, MLA, Sulur Constituency on Saturday, 28 July 2018 at 05.00 PM. Ivan Oswald, Regional Sales Manager, MRF Limited was the chief guest for the prize distribution function which was held at the same venue on Sunday, 29 July at 06.30 PM.

    Organisers, CASC would like take this opportunity to thank M/s.MRF Limited and M/s.Godspeed for sponsoring the event as well as the Championship, and look forward to their continued support.

    RESULTS

    OVERALL WINNER

    1st Place Harith Noah (TVS Racing) Shoranur 2nd Place Abdul Wahid (TVS Racing) Mysore 3rd Place R.Nataraj (TVS Racing) Bangalore

    WINNER OF C-1 – Super Bike Pro Expert

    1. Harith Noah (TVS Racing) Shoranur; 2. Abdul Wahid (TVS Racing) Mysore 3. R.Nataraj (TVS Racing) Bangalore

    WINNER OF C-1A – Super Bike Expert

    1. Badal Doshi, Privateer, Mumbai; 2. Jatin Jain Privateer Nagpur 3. Aakash Aital, Privateer, Puttur.

    WINNER OF C-2 – 130 cc

    1. Rakesh Kumar Privateer Bangalore 2. Santhosh Privateer Coimbatore 3. Vignesh Privateer Coimbatore.

    WINNER OF C-3 – 165 cc

    1. J Imran Pasha TVS Racing Mysore 2. V.Thirinesh Privateer Bangalore 3. D. Sachin Privateer Bangalore

    WINNER OF C-4 – 260 cc

    1. R.E. Rajendra TVS Racing Shimoga 2. Samual Jacob Privateer Hosur 3. Jeeva Rathinam Privateer Bangalore

    WINNER OF C-5 – 400 cc

    1. Venu Rameshkumar Privateer Coimbatore

    2. D. Karthikeyan Privateer Coimbatore 3. Prabhu Chandramohan Privateer Trivandram

    WINNER OF C-6 – 550 cc

    1. Sreekanth Komana Privateer Trivandram 2.MR Ranjith Privateer Trissur 3. Abijith Joy Privateer Eranakulam.

    WINNER OF C-7 – Scooter Class

    1. Pinkesh Thakar Aprilla Racing Pune 2. Syed Asif Ali TVS Racing Hosur 3. Syed Zeeshan Privateer Thane

    WINNER OF C-8 – Ladies Class

    1. U Fazeela Privateer Cochin.

    WINNER OF C-9 Star of Tamil Nadu

    1. K Sasikumar Privateer Coimbatore 2. M. Santhosh Privateer Coimbatore 3. Sam Issiah Privateer Coimbatore.

    (Last updated: 21 July 2023)

  • Nataraj wins overall title in MRF Mogrip 2w INRC Rally of Baroda

    Baroda, 4 May 2018: Rajendra RE, Aishwarya and Syed Asif Ali of team TVS Racing win their respective classes in the Indian National Rally Championship for two-wheelers (INRC) here on Sunday.

    Blazing sun failed to douse their spirits as two-wheeler riders set the tone for the season opener with defending champion R Natraj of TVS racing winning the overall title in the Round 1 of the MRF MOGRIP FMSCI National rally championship 2 wheeler on Sunday.

    The Rally of Baroda saw as many as 55 riders taking the start at Jarod Village near Baroda over a course of 75 km. in four competitive stages of 50 kilometres.

    The Rally of Baroda which opened the 2018 season yet again proved that Team TVS Racing had no match with Natraj leading the charge on a powerful TVS RTR 450FX on which he logged 47 minutes 42 seconds to win Class 1.

    Natraj’s poor show in the second stage was due to problem in his disc-brake that resulted in him falling twice. Nonetheless he picked up his bike and continued running to complete the stage.

    “There was service after two stages and the problem was rectified by TVS mechanics which allowed me to ride better in the last two stages and win the rally,” said Natraj, who had won the opening round in Baroda last year too.

    “The win is always a morale booster and after this win I am ready for the challenge of the Round 2 scheduled next weekend in Indore,” said Natraj.

    “The rally went off smoothly and without any hiccups.  What more can I ask for as a promoter.” Said Shyam Kothari, Director of Godspeed Racing, the promoters of the 2-wheeler rally championship.

    “Besides more entries this year as compared to last year shows that this sport is spreading at the grassroot levels.  Moreover, the response from motorsports enthusiast was also enthralling,” said Kothari.

    “We had marked the course on rugged ground, which was quite testing while competing in temperatures hovering over 43 degrees Celsius,” said Amit Waghchoure of AW Events.

    Aishwarya wins  – riding her TVS RTR 2004V, Aishwarya Pissay won the Ladies class by a good one-minute beating Palakkad privateer Fazeela, who rode a Hero Impulse.  Local girl Gurmail Kaur finished third, also on Hero Impulse.

    The scooter class title went to champion TVS Racing rider Syed Asif Ali, who rode TVS Wego and clocked 59 minutes 55 seconds beating Aprillia Racing’s Pinkesh Thakkar (1:01:40), who rode Aprilia SR150.

  • Gill rules the night stages of Rally of Arunachal: INRC

    Itanagar, (Arunachal Pradesh), 23 Dec 2017: King of Indian motorsports and reigning Asia Pacific Rally Championship, Gaurav Gill of Team Mahindra Adventure moved closer to another National title as he won along with long-time co-driver Musa Sherif, the Rally of Arunachal, the fifth and penultimate round of the MRF fmsci Indian National Rally Championship at Ziro on Saturday. With three wins, Gill has 75 points and is leading the table with Dean Mascarenhas in second place with 63 points.

    Fresh from his victory at the APRC championship victory at Chikkamagaluru, where he could not take part in the INRC which were held simultaneously. With the Mangalorean Musa Sherif making the calls, Gill was at this best speeding away through the Special Stages, as night stages made a comeback to add flavour to the first rally in the North East in the INRC on Friday.

    Young Turk Dean Mascarenhas of Mangalore came overall second and won his class, INRC3. Amittrajit Ghosh (co-driver Ashwin Naik) came third.

    Younus Ilyas and Harish Kumar won the INRC2 class edging out Rahul Kanthraj and Vivek Y Bhatt, who finished fifth overall, were leading the championship table in their class with only K-1000 round remaining in January. The South India Rally in Chennai is not likely to happen for want of calendar time as K1000 in Bengaluru is already pushed to the New Year.

    Karna Kadur and Arjun Rao failed to finish the rally due to mechanical problems.

    Provisional Results:
    INRC: 1. Gaurav Gill (Musa Sherif); 2. Dean Mascarenhas (Shruptha Padival); 3. Amittrajit Ghosh (Ashwin Naik);
    INRC 2: 1. Younus Ilyas (Harish Kumar); 2. Rahul Kanthraj (Vivek Y Bhatt); 3. Jacob KJ (Venu Ramesh Kumar);
    INRC 3: 1. Dean Mascarenhas (Shruptha Padival); 2. Daraius Shroff (Nitin Jacob); 3. Dr Punyabrata Barma (Mrinmoy Saha).

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  • Gill-Musa bag Rally of Coimbatore to begin the season with a win

    Coimbatore, 31 July 2017: Team Mahindra Adventure’s Gaurav Gill and Musa Sherif began with a bang, winning the MRF Rally of Coimbatore, the first round of the MRF-FMSCI Indian National Rally Championship (INRC) at the windmill farms of Kethanur, near here, on Sunday. Gill clocked 1hour 36.0 seconds to finish the 70-km Special Stage distance of five stages.

    The King of Indian motorsports, along with co-driver Musa Sherif, took a comfortable lead from the very first special Stage and slowly improved it to chalk out a convincing win. The double Asia Pacific Rally Champion made amends to his run at the Southern Indian city last year which was troubled by mechanical problems, but today he made up for the loss with a good win to take a lead in the Championship race.

    Reigning champions Karna Kadur and co-driver Nikhil V Pai followed Gill and Musa in second place with a difference of 1min 45sec and last year’s winner Amittrajit Ghosh and navigator Ashwin Naik could only finish third. The Kolkota driver looked rusted and the seven-month gap from driving showed on his performance. “The long gap took its toll and it is difficult coming back from such a break,” he said. On the contrary, his Mahindra Adventure teammate Gill was happy with the show. `I have not got into the SUV for almost a year but I am happy with the result,” he quipped.

    Dean Mascarenhas and co-driver Shruptha Padival won the INRC 3 category with Dr Bikku Babu and Milen George in second and KM Bopaiah, along with co-driver Karumbaiah G finishing third.

    Vikram Rao Aroor and Somayya AG had a bad crash while Arjun Rao Aroor along with Satish Rajagopal had a DNF making it five teams who failed to finish.

    “Perhaps for the firs time, the official rally release did not have the timings,” said a veteran motorsports journalist.

    Results: INRC 2017 Round 1 – Coimbatore

    INRC: 1. Gaurav Gill & Musa Sherif (Team Mahindra Adventure); 2. Karna Kadur & Nikhil Pai (Arka Motorsports); 3. Amittrajit Ghosh & Ashwin Naik (Team Mahindra Adventure).

    INRC 2: 1. Karna Kadur & Nikhil Pai (Red Rooster Performance); 2. Rahul Kanthraj & Vivek Bhatt (Red Rooster Performance); 3. Younus Ilyas & Harish Kumar.

    INRC 3: 1. Dean Mascarenhas & Shruptha Padival; 2. Dr Biku Babu & Milen George; 3. KM Bopaiah & Karumbaiah G.

  • Gill-Musa win Rally of Coimbatore to begin season with a win

    Coimbatore, 31 July 2017: Gaurav Gill and Musa Sherif began with a bang, winning the MRF Rally of Coimbatore, the first round of the MRF-FMSCI Indian National Rally Championship (INRC) at the windmill farms of Kethanur, near here, on Sunday.

    The King of Indian motorsports, along with co-driver Musa Sherif, took a comfortable lead from the very first special Stage and slowly improved it to chalk out a convincing win. The double Asia Pacific Rally Champion made amends to his run at the Southern Indian city last year which was troubled by mechanical problems, but today he made up for the loss with a good win to take a lead in the Championship race.

     Reigning champions Karna Kadur and co-driver Nikhil V Pai followed Gill and Musa in second place and last year’s winner Amittrajit Ghosh and navigator Ashwin Naik could only finish third. The Kolkota driver looked rusted and the seven-month gap from driving showed on his performance. “The long gap took its toll and it is difficult coming back from such a break,” he said. On the contrary his Mahindra Adventure teammate Gill was happy with the show. `I have not got into the SUV for almost a year but I am happy with the result,” he quipped.

    Results: INRC 2017 Round 1 – Coimbatore
    INRC: 1. Gaurav Gill & Musa Sherif (Team Mahindra Adventure); 2. Karna Kadur & Nikhil Pai (Arka Motorsports); 3. Amittrajit Ghosh & Ashwin Naik (Team Mahindra Adventure).

    INRC 2: 1. Karna Kadur & Nikhil Pai (Red Rooster Performance); 2. Rahul Kanthraj & Vivek Bhatt (Red Rooster Performance); 3. Younus Ilyas & Harish Kumar.

    INRC 3: 1. Dean Mascarenhas & Shruptha Padival; 2. Dr Biku Babu & Milen George; 3. KM Bopaiah & Karumbaisah G.

  • Gill-Musa bad Rally of Coimbatore to begin season with a win

    Coimbatore, 31 July 2017: Gaurav Gill and Musa Sherif began with a bang, winning the MRF Rally of Coimbatore, the first round of the MRF-FMSCI Indian National Rally Championship (INRC) at the windmill farms of Kethanur, near here, on Sunday.

    The King of Indian motorsports, along with co-driver Musa Sherif, took a comfortable lead from the very first special Stage and slowly improved it to chalk out a convincing win. The double Asia Pacific Rally Champion made amends to his run at the Southern Indian city last year which was troubled by mechanical problems, but today he made up for the loss with a good win to take a lead in the Championship race.

     Reigning champions Karna Kadur and co-driver Nikhil V Pai followed Gill and Musa in second place and last year’s winner Amittrajit Ghosh and navigator Ashwin Naik could only finish third. The Kolkota driver looked rusted and the seven-month gap from driving showed on his performance. “The long gap took its toll and it is difficult coming back from such a break,” he said. On the contrary his Mahindra Adventure teammate Gill was happy with the show. `I have not got into the SUV for almost a year but I am happy with the result,” he quipped.

    Results: INRC 2017 Round 1 – Coimbatore
    INRC: 1. Gaurav Gill & Musa Sherif (Team Mahindra Adventure); 2. Karna Kadur & Nikhil Pai (Arka Motorsports); 3. Amittrajit Ghosh & Ashwin Naik (Team Mahindra Adventure).

    INRC 2: 1. Karna Kadur & Nikhil Pai (Red Rooster Performance); 2. Rahul Kanthraj & Vivek Bhatt (Red Rooster Performance); 3. Younus Ilyas & Harish Kumar.

    INRC 3: 1. Dean Mascarenhas & Shruptha Padival; 2. Dr Biku Babu & Milen George; 3. KM Bopaiah & Karumbaisah G.

  • Arjun Rao Aroor-Satish Rajagopal win Rally de North

    Gurgaon, 18 Sept 2016: Ace rallyist Arjun Rao Aroor and co-driver Satish Rajagopal won the Rally de North, the third round of the MRF FMSCI Indian National Rally Championship (INRC) while championship leader Amittrajit Ghosh (co-driver Ashwin Naik) finished way back in fifth here on Sunday. But the Kolkata driver still kept his lead on the top in the championship standings.

    Dr. Dhirendra Kumar and navigator Honey Narulla won the Indian Rally Championship (IRC) while for Asia Pacific Rally Champion Gaurav Gill and Musa Sherif had to be content with an overall third place in the INRC as they found the bulky SUV500 a bit tough for the terrain. Arjun Rao Aroor clocked 47 minutes 10 seconds while Karna Kadur and co-driver Nikhil Pai timed 48.04 seconds to finish second ahead of Gill and Musa who 20 seconds more than Karna clocking 48.24sec.

    Organised by Sports Route Trust, the MRF Rally de North, the second gravel event of the calendar, saw INRC return to the North after a gap of over a decade. The last time a North Indian city hosted the rally was in 2005. The six Special Stages covered a distance of about 65km of dirt tracks on the outskirts of Gurugaon. A total of 38 cars started the rally.

    PG Abhilash, who won Round 1 and 2 of IRC crashed out in Stage 2. Karna Kadur and Nikhil Pai also won the INRC 2000cc category.

    Dhirendra Kumar and Honey, entered in the MRF FMSCI Indian Rally Championship (IRC) and won their category with a time of 1:00:04 after overnight leader Samir Thaper retired. Indian drivers in Indian cars were eligible for the INRC while Indian or foreign drivers in Indian or foreign cars were eligible for the IRC.

    Arjun Rao said: “Rally de North has always been lucky for me as I won overall way back in 2005 and then again history repeats. Overall, rally was very challenging as the stages became pretty rough towards the end and we had to save the car as well as keep pace and make sure we are doing good stage timings.”

    The second-placed driver Karna Kadur said: “All I can say is that, it’s been an epic battle to finish 2nd on the podium along with Gaurav and Arjun.”

    Finishing third was Gaurav Gill who said: “It was a great weekend rallying in the northern part of the country finally. Wasn’t the best for our team and car but we still managed to pick up the 3rd spot and that’s still good set of points in the bag.”

    Results: Overall: 1. Arjun Rao Aroor/ Satish Rajagopal 47 min 10sec; 2. Karna Kadur/ Nikhil Pai 48:04; 3. Gaurav Gill/ Musa Sherif (Team Mahindra Adventure) 48:24.

    IRC: 1. Dhirendra/ Honey Narulla 1: 00:04; 2.

    2000cc: 1. Karna Kadur 48:04; 2.

    (Note: Complete results are not released by the organisers/promoters)

  • Gaurav Gill, Musa Sherif conquer Nashik Rally

    Nashik, 28 August 2016: Team Mahindra Adventure’s Gaurav Gill and long-time co-driver Musa Sherif won the Rally of Maharashtra for the sixth time, winning the Round 2 of the Indian National Rally Championship (INRC) which concluded at Nashik on Sunday. Gaurav and Musa clocked 52min 8sec for the win.

    Gill was fastest in four of the six stages and took a commanding lead of 1min 4sec over Arjun Rao Aroor and co-driver Satish Rajgopal. Kolkata driver Amittrajit Ghosh along with navigator Ashwin Naik, who were the winners of the first round at Coimbatore, could only finish third here timing 53min 59sec, almost two minutes adrift of the toppers. Ghosh’s said, he had punctures in SS 1,3 and 4.

    In the Indian Rally Championship class (IRC), Abhilash PG and co-driver Srikanth Gowda took the overall win clocking 55min 20sec. Suraj Kute and navigator Shamim Khan came second in 1min 7sec while Amol Satoskar and co-driver Dinesh S were third clocking 1min 13sec.

    Dr Bikku Babu won the INRC 2000 class, with Milen George calling the pace notes as the Kerala duo clocked 54min 33sec. Bangalore pair, Karna Kadur (co-driver Nikhil Pai) finished just a second behind to take the second place.

    Switching to a new format under RRPM promoters, the Rally of Maharashtra this year was held in a one-day format with three Special Stages run in two loops. The Special Stage distance was only 70km and along with liaision the entire rally covered almost 400km. SS1 which doubled up as SS4 in the second run, is the new physical stage this year. It took the competitors through a narrow tarmac road with hardly any run-off area and it tested the drivers concentration. According to Musa, it was a very technical stage that helped bring in all the aspects of a rally stage. The consistent drizzle made the roads quite slippery making it more challenging for the drivers.

    The next round of the INRC will be held in Gurgaon on September 17 and 18.

    Provisional Unaudited Classification:

    Overall and INRC: 1. Gaurav Gill/ Musa Sherif (52min, 08sec); 2. Arujun Rao Aroor/ Satish Rajagopal (53:12); 3. Amittrajit Ghosh/ Ashwin Naik (53:59).

    IRC: 1. PG Abhilash/ Srikanth Gowda (55:20); 2. Suraj Kute/ Shamim Khan (1:00:07); 3. Amol Satoskar/ Dinesh S (1:00:13); 4. Mohammed Kasim/ G Sanath (1:00:25).

    INRC 2000: 1. Dr Bikku Babu/ Milen George (54:33); 2. Karna Kadur/ Nikhil Pai (54:34); 3. Younas Ilyas/ Suraj Prasad (54:55).

    FMSCI Cup:  1. KJ Jacob/ Manoj Mohanan (57:21); 2. Yashas Nayaka M/ Uday Kumar D (59:06); 3. Michu Ganapathi/ Venu Ramesh Kumar (1:00:37).

  • PG Abhilash, Srikanth Gowda declared winners of MRF Rally of Coimbatore

    FMSCI Press Release – Protest Upheld

    Chennai, 18 August 2016:

    PG Abhilash and Srikanth Gowda of Team R3A PGA Motorsports were declared winners of the MRF Rally of Coimbatore after the Stewards upheld the protest lodged by him (Abhilash), said a Press Release from the Federation of Motor Sports Clubs of India today. They were also declared the winner of the IRC category, it added.

    The next round MRF Rally of Maharashtra is scheduled between 27-28 August 2016 at Nashik which is a tarmac rally. Closing date of entries is on Monday, 22nd August 2016.

    You can read the FMSCI Press Release here.

  • Abhilash-Srikanth protest upheld; declared Coimbatore rally winners

    Coimbatore, 18 August 2016: PG Abhilash and co-driver Srikanth Gowda won the MRF Rally of Coimbatore in their Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 8 as the stewards upheld their protest and elevated them to the winner status on August 18 in the Indian Rally Championship (IRC) class.

    The Coimbatore rally, which opened the season, was held on July 23 and 24. Though the Provisional results were announced, the final results were withheld following the protest.

    Earlier, JCT Rallying’s Samir Thapar (co-driver Gurinder Singh Mann) came first and also were the fastest overall in the Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X before they were demoted by the stewards. Thus, Abhilash PG and co-driver Srikanth Gowda) in the Evo VIII finished overall first and in the IRC class. Mohammed Khasim, along with co-driver Sanath G, was third in the Mitsubishi Cedia.

    Earlier on July 24, Amittrajit Ghosh and co-driver Ashwin Naik led a 1-2 finish for the Mahindra Adventure team as they won the first round of the MRF FMSCI Indian National Rally Championship INRC class here on Sunday, July 24.

    Ghosh and Naik, who scored their third win in this event. Finishing second behind them were team-mates Sunny Sidhu and co-driver PV Srinivas Murthy while young Dean Mascarenhas from Mangaluru along with Shanmugha SN came third in the INRC Overall class.

    Mascarenhas also topped the time charts in the INRC 2000 class after nursing his Volkswagen Polo to the finish ahead of Bopaiah KM (Karumbaiah G) and Team Yokohama India’s Karna Kadur (Nikhil Pai).

    The FMSCI Cup class honours went to KJ Jacob (co-driver Manoj Mohanan) with Tarun Reddy (co-driver Lalit Kishore) finishing second while Veeresh Prasad (co-driver Suraj M) completed the podium.

    One of the biggest disappointments of the one-day Rally was the retirement of favourite Gaurav Gill (co-driver Musa Sherif) of Team Mahindra Adventure in the day’s very first Special Stage due to a mechanical problem as the brand new knuckle that was fixed on Thursday, sheared off. Gill was permitted to rejoin the Rally, but could not score any points.

    Speaking on his victory, Ghosh said: “We had a few problems with our car throughout the day, but happy that we managed to bring the car back safely. In the third and last loop, I had gearbox problem and ran both the Stages in third gear, not wanting to take any chances.”

    Final classification: (after the protest was upheld on Aug 18):

    INRC Overall: 1. Abhilash PG / Srikanth Gowda (Pvt) (Evo VIII, 1hr, 1min, 42.3sec); 2. Amittrajit Ghosh / Ashwin Naik (Mahindra Adventure, XUV 500) 1 (1:3:15.1 secs); 3. Sunny Sidhu / PV Srinivas Murthy (Mahindra Adventure, XUV 500)  (01:03:59.3); 4. Dean Mascarenhas / Shanmugha SN (Pvt) 3 (VW Polo, 01:04:23.3).

    INRC 2000: 1. Dean Mascarenhas / Shanmugha SN (Pvt) (VW Polo, 01:04:23.3); 2. Bopaiah KM / Karumbaiah G (Pvt) (VW Polo, 01:04.47.5); 3. Karna Kadur / Nikhil Pai (Team Yokohama-India) (VW Polo, 01:05:03).

    FMSCI Cup: 1. KJ Jacob / Manoj Mohanan (Pvt) (Honda City, 01:08:41.1); 2. Tarun Reddy / Lalit Kishore (Pvt) (Honda City, 01:11.44.7); 3. Veeresh Prasad / Suraj M (Pvt) (Honda City, 01:13.13.5).

    IRC: 1. Abhilash PG / Srikanth Gowda (Pvt) (Evo VIII, 01:01.42.3); 2. Samir Thapar / Gurinder Singh Mann (JCT Rallying) (Evo X, 01:01.03.6); 3. Mohammed Khasim / Sanath G (Pvt) (01:09.32.9).

    Note: Result changed after the protest by Abhilash was upheld.