Although her match ended in a draw after the Indian side lodged a protest regarding the outcome, she lost out on a place in the finals because of a very controversial rule where her opponent was declared to have proceeded to the finals because her opponent weighed less than her during the morning weight in! She weighed 700 g more than her opponent!!

Cause: Army wants protection upgraded beyond STANAG Level 4 (currently it defeats MG fire, artillery shrapnel, limited mine blasts)

Constraint: weight must stay under 25 tonnes for high-altitude mobility, so developers must swap in better-performing protective materials rather than just add armor

-And put the key number in writing -"combat weight not to exceed 25 tonnes."

BUT THERE IS A TWIST- Army now wants the armour beefed up to stop 30mm Chinese autocannon rounds. -for a project whose entire point is weight nobody has said how much the new tank will weight.

What the new spec runs into: --The Army now wants it to stop 25mm and 30mm armour-piercing darts, the rounds on China's Type 04A and Type 08 infantry fighting vehicles -Thicker armour means renegotiating with a Belgian turret maker and an American engine supplier. -This mostly means:- "redesign"

The Saudi Central Bank, or SAMA, confirmed to the FT that it was no longer participating in the project after completing its proof-of-concept .Riyadh said the withdrawal was part of its original plan and did not imply that the decision was linked to US pressure.