Kolkata/IBNS, April 11 -- Strong contender Dhampur Sugar Mills represented by veteran Ashok Kumar Goel, Vinay Desai, Swarnendu Banerjee, Sunit Choksi, Raju Tolani and Ajay Khare, all internationals led the field with 81.45 Victory Points (VPs) at the end of the fifth round of team events on the inaugural day of the 7th All India Shree Cement Bridge Championship at Biswa Bangla Convention Centre in Kolkata on Thursday.

Dhampur was closely followed by Shree Cement (78.77 VPs), and teams named Rana (75.60 VPs), Arun Jain (75.06 VPs), Hemant Jalan (71.31 VPs) and Pradeep (70.40 VPs).

After a luke worm start Dhampur players improved their performance in the later rounds and took the top spot at the end of the fifth round of the Swiss league....