BREAKING 2022 Asia Cup Youth Scrabble Championship; India: Hasham Is Asian Champion; Indian Madhav Runner-up | Pakistan Minds In Total Authority – Wins 3 More Tiles

Hasham Hadi is the 2022 Asian Scrabble Champion. Defeated Madhav Kamath in the Pakistan vs India final.

Pakistan also lifted the Team Titles of Under 16 won by Monis Khan and Ahmed Salman who won the Under 12 Title.

Day 2 | Hasham Takes Spot 1; Madhav Drops to 2nd Slot + Images

On Day 2 of 2022 Asia Cup Youth Scrabble Championship, Pakistan’s Hasham Hadi Khan and India’s Madhav Gopal Kamath continued to compete for the top slots.

The Asia Cup Youth Scrabble Championship completed an action packed second day with 11 games played on an extended day’s play.

At the close of day-two Hasham Hadi Khan of Pakistan was on top with 14 wins from his 18 games and a spread of 1420

Madhav Kamath of India is currently 2nd with 13 wins and a spread of 1778 while Adheesha Dissanayake of Sri Lanka is 3rd with 13 wins and a spread of 1513

Pakistan’s Affan Salman is currently 5th with 12 wins and the reigning world youth champion Ali Salman is 7th with 12 wins

Earlier in the day Monis Khan of Pakistan notched up the highest individual score of the championship with a whopping 760 against Ahmad Aqmarul of Malaysia

Pakistan remains the No. 1 team in the championship so far

Six more games to be played on the third and final day to decide the name of the Asian Champion

After 18 Rounds the final standings on end of Day 2 were:

Final Day 2 – Round 18 Standings

Rank	Won-Lost	Spread	Player
1	14–4	+1420	Hasham Hadi Khan (#1)
2	13–5	+1778	Madhav Gopal Kamath (#2)
3	13–5	+1513	Adheesha Dissanayake (#6)
4	13–5	+1390	Hivin Dilmith (#52)
5	12–6	+1651	Affan Salman (#4)
6	12–6	+1303	Suyash Manchali (#7)
7	12–6	+1098	Ali Salman (#5)
8	12–6	+1008	Pramit Rao (#9)
9	11½–6½	+1177	Archana Padumadasa (#53)
10	11–7	+2025	Sandali Vithanage (#16)
11	11–7	+1293	Sehaan Owais (#13)
12	11–7	+999	Ahmad Aqmarul Harraz Azhan (#42)
13	11–7	+873	Samarth Manchali (#19)
14	11–7	+683	Shane Abbas (#11)
15	11–7	+634	Muhammad Bilal Asher (#12)
16	11–7	+612	Kavindu Malawaraarachchi (#54)
17	11–7	+597	Azlan Qazi (#14)
18	11–7	−130	Manit Arora (#26)
19	11–7	−264	Vinith Bawantha Owens (#56)
20	10–8	+1113	Monis Hussain Khan (#3)
21	10–8	+428	Ahmed Salman (#10)
22	10–8	+200	Siramol Saechao (#59)
23	10–8	+171	Arnav Pandey (#44)
24	10–8	−39	Manaal Asher (#17)
25	10–8	−275	Yuvraj Dighe (#15)
26	9½–8½	+48	Syeda Hawra Fatima (#18)
27	9–9	+771	Shreyas Gupta (#8)
28	9–9	+635	Aarush Jotwani (#20)
29	9–9	+452	Sanuthi Nimrada Chandrakumar (#49)
30	9–9	−16	Thulnith De Silva (#51)
31	9–9	−173	Nishanya Nimthakie Gammanpila (#58)
32	9–9	−230	Ahana Goyal (#21)
33	9–9	−279	Vihaan Singhvi (#23)
34	9–9	−660	Tavishi Bagga (#24)
35	9–9	−1208	Eyan Borah (#35)
36	8½–9½	+286	Ishika Poddar (#31)
37	8–10	+318	Kithnuli Amarasinghe (#57)
38	8–10	−81	Pasindu Hasarel Wijewardena (#50)
39	8–10	−493	Anvaya Garg (#33)
40	8–10	−510	Ricky Rodriguez (#60)
41	8–10	−580	Vershnil Oshan Weeraratne (#22)
42	8–10	−958	Tanish (#41)
43	8–10	−1185	Samaira Jotwani (#27)
44	7½–10½	+46	Chanul Edirisinghe (#55)
45	7½–10½	−972	Shiv Talwar (#39)
46	7–11	−268	Aishwarya S. Rathore (#37)
47	7–11	−376	Samyukta Mallick (#36)
48	7–11	−542	Aayush Dhakal (#47)
49	7–11	−785	Krishna Bastola (#46)
50	7–11	−788	Pranjali Gupta (#29)
51	7–11	−854	Sirjan Niure (#45)
52	7–11	−971	Amay Gupta (#25)
53	7–11	−1066	Navya (#40)
54	7–11	−1924	Rishik Grover (#34)
55	6½–11½	−1235	Aryan Paudel (#48)
56	6–12	−540	Amyra Bharti Aggarwal (#30)
57	6–12	−908	Vidit Parajuli (#43)
58	3–15	−2453	Aarohi Arora (#28)
59	2–16	−2252	Vaani Shah (#38)

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Day 2 | Madhav On Top; 5 Pakistan Scrabblers In First Ten

The 2022 Asia Cup Youth Scrabble Championship commenced in India with 60 scrabblers (scroll to end for list) from 8 countries participating. The players include some of the best global scrabblers including World Youth champion Ali Salman from Pakistan.

Day two of the tournament will be an extended session with 11 games to be played in one day.

7 games were played on the opening day. Pakistani players made an impressive start on the opening day racking up huge wins in the earlier rounds . Interestingly the top eight players at the end of day-one all have 6 wins out of their 7 games with no one remaining unbeaten.

Madhav Kamath of India is on the number one spot based on his higher spread (1176) as the first 8 players all have the same number of wins. Hivin Dilmith of Sri Lanka is on the 2nd position with a spread of 1122.

Pakistan’s ace Hasham Hadi is 3rd with a spread of 1055. 11 year old Ahmed Salman, younger brother of the world youth champion Ali Salman is on the 4th spot while Sehaan Owais and Ali Salman are not far behind on the 5th and 6th spot.

14 year old Affan Salman ended day-one on the 10th position making it 5 Pakistani players out of the top ten. Interestingly all three Salman brothers are on the top ten.

Team wise Pakistan is No. 1, followed by Sri Lanka and India.

The final standings on end of Day 1 were as appended below.

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Final Day 1 – Round 7 Standings

Rank	Won-Lost	Spread	Player
1	6–1	+1176	Madhav Gopal Kamath (#2)
2	6–1	+1122	Hivin Dilmith (#52)
3	6–1	+1055	Hasham Hadi Khan (#1)
4	6–1	+1018	Ahmed Salman (#10)
5	6–1	+964	Adheesha Dissanayake (#6)
6	6–1	+910	Sehaan Owais (#13)
7	6–1	+875	Muhammad Ali (#5)
8	6–1	+703	Pramit Rao (#9)
9	5–2	+1300	Sandali Vithanage (#16)
10	5–2	+1150	Affan Salman (#4)
11	5–2	+907	Muhammad Bilal Asher (#12)
12	5–2	+755	Samarth Manchali (#19)
13	5–2	+662	Shreyas Gupta (#8)
14	5–2	+553	Manaal Asher (#17)
15	5–2	+433	Monis Hussain Khan (#3)
16	5–2	+430	Shane Abbas (#11)
17	5–2	+261	Ahana Goyal (#21)
18	4–3	+777	Ahmad Aqmarul Harraz Azhan (#42)
19	4–3	+739	Aarush Jotwani (#20)
20	4–3	+655	Archana Padumadasa (#53)
21	4–3	+639	Suyash Manchali (#7)
22	4–3	+409	Sanuthi Nimrada Chandrakumar (#49)
23	4–3	+367	Nishanya Nimthakie Gammanpila (#58)
24	4–3	+173	Syeda Hawra Fatima (#18)
25	4–3	+74	Kavindu Malawaraarachchi (#54)
26	4–3	+73	Arnav Pandey (#44)
27	4–3	+14	Yuvraj Dighe (#15)
28	4–3	−23	Thulnith De Silva (#51)
29	4–3	−57	Siramol Saechao (#59)
30	4–3	−134	Vinith Bawantha Owens (#56)
31	3–4	+226	Chanul Edirisinghe (#55)
32	3–4	+180	Kithnuli Amarasinghe (#57)
33	3–4	+11	Ishika Poddar (#31)
34	3–4	+9	Azlan Qazi (#14)
35	3–4	−129	Aishwarya S. Rathore (#37)
36	3–4	−163	Vihaan Singhvi (#23)
37	3–4	−226	Pasindu Hasarel Wijewardena (#50)
38	3–4	−274	Amyra Bharti Aggarwal (#30)
39	3–4	−560	Aayush Dhakal (#47)
40	3–4	−667	Vershnil Oshan Weeraratne (#22)
41	3–4	−748	Tanish (#41)
42	3–4	−859	Rishik Grover (#34)
43	2–5	−267	Ricky Rodriguez (#60)
44	2–5	−522	Samyukta Mallick (#36)
45	2–5	−531	Anvaya Garg (#33)
46	2–5	−555	Krishna Bastola (#46)
47	2–5	−563	Manit Arora (#26)
48	2–5	−687	Sirjan Niure (#45)
49	2–5	−752	Amay Gupta (#25)
50	2–5	−877	Shiv Talwar (#39)
51	2–5	−884	Aryan Paudel (#48)
52	2–5	−891	Navya (#40)
53	2–5	−1034	Samaira Jotwani (#27)
54	2–5	−1038	Eyan Borah (#35)
55	1–6	−632	Saanvi Kalra (#32)
56	1–6	−661	Pranjali Gupta (#29)
57	1–6	−935	Tavishi Bagga (#24)
58	1–6	−1118	Vidit Parajuli (#43)
59	1–6	−1573	Aarohi Arora (#28)
60	0–7	−1260	Vaani Shah (#38)

Participants

Hasham Hadi Khan

Madhav Gopal Kamath

Monis Hussain Khan

Affan Salman

Muhammad Ali

Adheesha Dissanayake

Suyash Manchali

Shreyas Gupta

Pramit Rao

Ahmed Salman

Shane Abbas

Muhammad Bilal Asher

Sehaan Owais

Azlan Qazi

Yuvraj Dighe

Sandali Vithanage

Manaal Asher

Syeda Hawra Fatima

Samarth Manchali

Aarush Jotwani

Ahana Goyal

Vershnil Oshan Weeraratne

Vihaan Singhvi

Tavishi Bagga

Amay Gupta

Manit Arora

Samaira Jotwani

Aarohi Arora

Pranjali Gupta

Amyra Bharti Aggarwal

Apoorva cinubal

Ishika Poddar

Saanvi Kalra

Anvaya Garg

Rishik Grover

Eyan Borah

Samyukta Mallick

Aishwarya S. Rathore

Vaani Shah

Shiv Talwar

Navya

Tanish

Ahmad Aqmarul Harraz Azhan

Vidit Parajuli

Arnav Pandey

Sirjan Niure

Krishna Bastola

Aayush Dhakal

Aryan Paudel

Sanuthi Nimrada Chandrakumar

Pasindu Hasarel Wijewardena

Thulnith De Silva

Hivin Dilmith

Archana Padumadasa

Kavindu Malawaraarachchi

Chanul Edirisinghe

Vinith Bawantha Owens

Kithnuli Amarasinghe

Nishanya Nimthakie Gammanpila

Siramol Saechao

Ricky Rodriguez