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Dhirubhai Ambani International School students, who formed part of a unique transnational team with pairs from India, England and Norway, won the U16 Final B title in Hefei, China, edging a host-nation side by a whisker in the final hand of the event.

Two teenage bridge players from Mumbai have helped their international six-player team achieve victory at the 2026 World Youth Transnational Championship, currently under way in Hefei, China. Viha Gahrotra and Ananya Mehta, both students of Dhirubhai Ambani International School (DAIS), combined with pairs from England and Norway to finish first in the Final B of the U16 Teams event, capping three intense days of competition against many of the world’s finest young players.

Competing in the U16 category under the name “Triple Trouble”, the team brought together three pairs from three countries: Viha and Ananya of India, Aleks Blicharz and Wilf Marshall of England, and Markus Hansen Moe and Brage Hansen Moe of Norway. United by the game, the six players formed one of the most distinctive line-ups in a field of 98 teams gathered from across the globe.

Triple Trouble made its mark early, qualifying 10th out of the 98 competing teams to reach the championship rounds. That strong showing set up a run to the Final B, where the team went head-to-head with the tournament’s elite for a title.

What followed was a nail-biting finish. Triple Trouble took first place in the Final B with a score of 98.61, narrowly edging a team from host nation China, which finished on 98.20. Fittingly for a contest this close, the outcome came down to the very last hand of the final round, a knife-edge conclusion to three days of concentration, nerve and teamwork.