BPS State Badminton Ranking Tournament 2026

Divyesh Shirsat’s men’s doubles campaign began with a 31–24 win over Avinash Bhat and Chinmay Kamat on 8 Aug 2026, but ended later that evening against the second-seeded Aswin Mannambalath and Shaheen C K.

Shirsat’s pair took the opening match 15–10, 16–14, recovering from a three-point deficit along the way. The 26-minute victory finished at 4:32 pm, giving the pair 154 minutes before their second-round match began at 7:05 pm. Against the second seeds, they lost 15–9, 15–12 in 19 minutes, closing the tournament with a 1–1 record and 52 points won against 54 lost.

The rally detail shows a notable split: Shirsat’s side won 28 of 53 rallies on receive but only 24 of 53 on serve. That pattern held in both matches, with 15 receive points won against 16 serve points in the opener, then 13 against eight in the loss. They also won 15 of 25 clutch rallies overall, though the second match included the tournament’s longest losing streak in the dossier, at eight points.

With no decider, walkover or retirement, the campaign lasted 45 minutes on court across two completed matches. The result was a short, single-event run: an opening win, a long wait, and a second-round exit to the No. 2 seeds.