Miraya scores as Haryana beats West Bengal

Her Haryana team beat West Bengal 45-19 in the basketball championship

February 04, 2016 12:00 am | Updated 05:41 am IST - PUDUCHERRY:

Miraya Vadra, daughter of Priyanka Gandhi, makes a move at the basketball championship at the Rajiv Gandhi stadium in Puducherry on Wednesday. —Photo : T.Singaravelou

Miraya Vadra, daughter of Priyanka Gandhi, makes a move at the basketball championship at the Rajiv Gandhi stadium in Puducherry on Wednesday. —Photo : T.Singaravelou

Priyanka Gandhi’s daughter Miraya Vadra was among the scorers as the Haryana girls team beat West Bengal on Wednesday in the second league match of the 42nd Sub-Junior National Basketball championships.

Both mother and daughter have been camping in the city for the last couple of days.

Better show

In the first match, Haryana lost to Tamil Nadu. However, they improved their game on Wednesday against West Bengal and put up a better show scoring 22-10 in the first quarter.

They were maintaining the lead in the succeeding session and finished the match scoring 45 against West Bengal’s 19 points.

Miraya Vadra played for her team in the second quarter and found herself among scorers list in the national championships. She scored two points.

Priyanka not seen

For the second successive day, Priyanka did not make an appearance at the stadium to watch her daughter in action.

After the game, Miraya, who took to the court wearing jersey number 15, was closely followed by the security men and the plainclothesmen of Puducherry police. Sources said Priyanka and Miraya along with their aides took an early morning stroll along the beach on Wednesday.

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