Their forwards started the match on an attacking note and made some threatening sallies into the opposition half. Germany’s 2-1 win at the Czech Republic was the world champion’s seventh straight win in. Maninder Singh was the star of the show for Bengal with 13 raid points. asija Sevastova, opened up a 3-0 lead and ended the contest on the first match point when the American sent a backhand wide. Singh claimed the organisers did not provide any training facilities. While Gambhir was not available for a comment, Bhaskar remained largely non-committal on this issue. “We were just trying to show what we need to comeback after such a tough time. Open warm-up tournaments in Montreal and Cincinnati due to injury. And if anything like last year happens, we will handle as and when the situation arises. Instead, they grappled with 14, 15 year-old French wrestlers who were the trainees of a local wrestling club in the border town of Lorraine.