Performance of Indian team is going stronger in round 2 .The 10th seeded Indian Team consists of Soundarya Kumar Pradhan ,Shashikant Kutwal ,Kishan Gangolli ,Darpan Inani ,Naveen Kumar Arigala and Coach Prasenjit Dutta registered a comfortable win against 5th seeded Cuba with a score 3:1.Earlier Indian team beat Panama in opining round .
Round 2
India vs Cuba
Board 1
Soundarya Kumar Pradhan lost against Morales Romero pedro.
Board 2
Shashikant kutwal defeat Larduet Despaigne Carlos
Board 3
Kishan Gangoli defeat Interian Rodriguez,Albert D
Board 4
Darpan Inani defeat Batista Rivera Idalis
Result
3-1
India first board played with white.
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