Rudra Rane of IES New English (Bandra) clinched the Mumbai Schools Sports Association (MSSA) girls' U-12 inter-school badminton title with a 21-11, 21-11 win over top seed Samruddhi Kshatriya of Rajhans Vidyalaya (Andheri) at the Cricket Club of India's badminton courts yesterday.


IES New English School's Rudra Rane during the MSSA inter-school badminton under-12 final at CCI yesterday. Pic/Shadab Khan 

The win was even more special for Rudra as this was the first time that the 11-year-old participated in the inter-school tournament.