Panjim, Sept. 20 -- Maharashtra were crowned champions yet again, retaining the titles they had won last time, by winning the junior and senior mixed team championship events, at the Yonex Sunrise West Zone Inter-State Badminton Championships, held at multipurpose Stadium, Peddem.

The Maharashtra Senior team comprising highly ranked India players like Kaushal Dharmamer Vaidehi Choudhari, and doubles pairing of Deep Rambhaiya/Vignesh Devlekar won the senior team championship event in emphatic style, registering a comfortable 3-0 in over Madhya Pradesh.

Though the Madhya Pradesh squad too had a few quality players in their ranks in the form of rising junior player Priyanshu Rajawat, Piyush Bobade and Shubham Prajapati, the team however c...