Saurav Ghosal 2963972 150704577 2007-08-12T03:59:35Z Warpspeed 519916 '''Saurav Ghosal''' became the first [[India|Indian]] ever to win the coveted '''British Junior Open U-19 [[Squash (sport)|Squash]]''' title, defeating Adel El Said of [[Egypt]] in the final at [[Sheffield, England]]. He was the # 1ranked junior in the world in 2004 Saurav moved to [[Chennai]] after completing his schooling and was based at the ICL squash academy in [[Chennai]] and coached by Maj (Rtd) Maniam and [[Cyrus Poncha]] in Chennai, India. Currently based in [[Leeds]], he trains with Malcolm Willstrop. Saurav is the current Indian national champion defeating Gaurav Nandrajog at the recently concluded National Championships, 2006 in [[ New Delhi]]. He current world ranking is no 41 (aug 2007). He won the bronze medal at the Asian Games 2006 Doha. Otters PSA 2006, Chenna 2007 were his PSA tournament wins and is the current British Universities champion. He will be awarded the Arjuna Award by the President of India in August 2007. [http://coachcyrus.wordpress.com/2006/08/15/saurav-wins-otters-psa-newspaper-articles/ Newspaper articles on Saurav's PSA Otters win] [http://coachcyrus.wordpress.com/2006/08/10/saurav-in-dnaamong-top-10-by-2010/ Saurav's interview in DNA] [http://coachcyrus.wordpress.com/tag/saurav-ghosal Articles on Saurav on Cyrus Poncha's squash Blog] [http://www.psa-squash.com/entry/ranking.php?player=T03082 PSA Ranking] [http://im.rediff.com/sports/2005/nov/15saurav11.jpg Rediff interview] {{India-sport-bio-stub}} [[Category:Indian squash players]]