New Delhi: India's Under-19 girls team retained their title at the South Asia Youth Table Tennis Championships by defeating hosts Sri Lanka 3-0 in the final in Kandy.

India had defeated Nepal 3-0 in the semi-finals before facing the hosts in the final.

Sayali Wani defeated Bimandi Bandara 11-6, 12-10, 11-8, Pritha Vartikar defeated Tamadi Kavindya 7-11, 11-3, 11-7, 6-11, 11-8 and Tanisha Kotecha defeated Divya. Defeated Dharani by 11-. 8 11-7 11-7 in a summit clash to lift the trophy on Monday.

The results were no different in the Under-15 category also.

Divyanshi Bomik defeated Yoshini Jayawardene 11-8, 11-7, 11-9, followed by Cinderel Das defeated Shanya Muthuli 11-9, 11-9, 11-4, before Kavi Bhatt defeated Samindi Weerasooriya. Ended the challenge. Win 11-3, 11-8, 11-7.

In the U-15 boys' final, also against the hosts, Sarthak Arya won both the singles, leading to India's victory.

He first defeated Naviru Nethsitha 11-4, 11-5, 11-5 and Soham Mukherjee defeated Akiyan Bojith 11-6, 11-6, 11-5 to take India's lead to 2-2.

However, Sahil Rawat lost to Agastya Ananditha 7-11, 11-3, 11-6, 9-11, 10-12 and the Sri Lankan team left with one match in hand.

But Sarthak completed the job by winning the fourth match when he defeated Akia Bojith 11-3, 11-8, 11-8.