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The Kolkata team completed its league engagements with 26 points, while Dempo Goa Challengers wound up with 27 points. Both should be making the semifinals, along with U Mumba and Jaipur Patriots who have 23 points each so far, and have one more league match to play.
The results: League: PBG Pune Jaguars bt Dabang Delhi TTC 7-2 (Atharva Nawarange bt Akkash Rajavelu 11-7, 11-3, 11-5; Atharva & Tushti Sood bt Akash & Dhaani Jain 11-8, 10-11, 11-9; Tushtii bt Dhaani 11-7, 11-8, 6-11).
Kolkata ThunderBlades bt Dempo Goa Challengers 5-4 (Ritvik Gupta bt Sahil Rawat 11-3, 11-10, 3-11; Ritvik & Swara Karmarkar lost to Sahil & Aarya Redkar 10-11, 11-9, 10-11; Swara bt Aarya 11-5, 11-7, 9-11).
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