Team Formidables emerged triumphant at the 8th All India Shree Cement Bridge Championship 2025 Team of Four event, held at the Biswa Bangla Convention Centre in Kolkata. Showcasing exceptional teamwork and strategic brilliance, the team outplayed strong contenders over four days of intense competition. Their victory in the prestigious Team of Four event capped off a thrilling tournament that featured some of the country’s best bridge talent. The win reinforces Formidables’ reputation as one of India’s premier bridge teams.
- Team of Four: Team Formidables (Sumit Mukherjee, Rajeswar Tewari, Kaustabh Nandi, Sagnik Roy, Kaustabh Bendre, Sayantan Kushari) defeated Mavericks (Subodh Maskara, Anirudha Bhattyacharya, Keyzad ankelsaria, Heral Eide, Ami Zamir, Oren Toledano) by 62 IMPS, the final score stands as 159 – 97. In the playoffs, Rampage (Maneesh Bahuguna, Animesh Raj, Vikrant Mehta, Sandeep Thakral, Jitesh Agarwal) defeated Monica Jajoo (Monica Jajoo, Sukamal Das, Sanjit Dey, Binod Shaw, Padmanabhan Sridharan, S Sunderram) by 45 IMPs, there total score was 113 – 68.
- Matchpoint Pairs: After the 3 session Elimination of Matchpoint pairs, top 50 pairs qualified for the Matchpoint pairs final. Total 52 pairs including two sponsored pair competed for the crown and after a hard fought battle, Satyabrata Mukherjee and Pinaki Prasad khan (MP: 772.95) emrges victorious, while the runner-up was Vinay Desai and Raju Tolani (MP: 737.68) followed by Sambhu Nath Ghosh and Biswajit Poddar (736.28) in the 3rd position.
- IMP Pairs: This event focused on the international matchpoint scoring system, where pairs accumulated points based on the relative performance of their hands. 115 pairs participated in this event and Rathindra Nath Kundu and R Anbazhagan came first whereas Vibhas Todi and Satyabrata Lahiri stood second followed by Pulank Panji and Gourab Biswas.