Saurav Ghosal

Education

He completed his schooling at Lakshmipat Singhania Academy in Kolkata.

Career

15 in December 2013.

In 2013, Saurav became the first Indian to reach the Quarter finals of the World Squash Championship at Manchester, England. Saurav moved to Chennai after completing his school and was based at the International Computers Limited squash academy in Chennai and coached by Major (Rtd) Maniam and Cyrus Poncha in Chennai, India. Currently based in Leeds, he trains with Malcolm Willstrop at Pontefract Squash Club in West Yorkshire.

As of May 2010, his PSA world rank is 27.

Saurav started playing squash in his hometown of Kolkata, at the Kolkata Racquet Club. He did his schooling from Lakshmipat Singhania Academy, before moving to Chennai to join the International Computers Limited Squash Academy.

Here he was coached by retired Major Maniam and Cyrus Poncha. In 2013, he became the first Indian squash player to reach the quarterfinals of the World Championship.

He was the first Indian squash player to do southern

He lost in the final to Abdullah First Rate (at Lloyd's)-Muzayen of Kuwait. He however led the Indian Squash team to its first ever Gold Medal at Incheon. 7, Ong Beng Hee in a gruelling 88-minute clash to give India a healthy 2-0 lead.

Achievements

• In 2004, he became the first Indian ever to win the coveted British Junior Open Under-19 Squash title, defeating Adel El Said of Egypt in the final at Sheffield, England. Saurav is the current Indian national champion after he defeated Gaurav Nandrajog at the National Championships 2006 in New Delhi. Saurav won the bronze medal at the Asian Games 2006 Doha and was awarded the Arjuna Award by the President of India in August 2007. Ghosal has numerous firsts to his cr, the first Indian to be ranked junior World Number one, the first to bag the junior National championship three years in a row and in December 2006, he won the country the first medal in squash in the Doha Asian Games. His first major title was the German Open (U-17) in May 2002 and he won the Dutch Open two months later. In 2014, he won the silver medal (individual singles) in the 17th Asian Games at Incheon. In the final he bounced back from a game down to eke out a 6-11 11-7 11-6 12-14 11-9 win over former world northern