Mumbai, April 18 (Ians) Ibsf World Champion Pankaj Advani was in a class of his own as he recorded an authoritative 1201-807 win against Singapore’s former World Champion Peter Gilchrist in a quarterfinal match of the Cricket Club of India-organised Rs 10 lakh prize-money Cci Classic Invitation Billiards (time format) Championship 2023 on Tuesday.
Advani enjoyed a commanding 576-311 points lead at the end of the first one-and-half hour session in the event being organised at the Cci Sir Wilson Jones billiards hall on Tuesday evening.
Advani thus joined Gujarat challengers Rupesh Shah and Dhvaj Haria in the semifinals. Later, they were joined by Englishman Rob Hall, who overcame India’s Saurav Kothari in the last quarterfinal.
Advani, the proud winner of 25 world titles, played the ball with pinpoint accuracy and stitched together breaks of 83 and 96 before constructing a triple-century run of 376 to take a firm grip on the contest.
He later...
Advani enjoyed a commanding 576-311 points lead at the end of the first one-and-half hour session in the event being organised at the Cci Sir Wilson Jones billiards hall on Tuesday evening.
Advani thus joined Gujarat challengers Rupesh Shah and Dhvaj Haria in the semifinals. Later, they were joined by Englishman Rob Hall, who overcame India’s Saurav Kothari in the last quarterfinal.
Advani, the proud winner of 25 world titles, played the ball with pinpoint accuracy and stitched together breaks of 83 and 96 before constructing a triple-century run of 376 to take a firm grip on the contest.
He later...
- 4/18/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
Mumbai, April 17 (Ians) Former World Champion and India No. 4 Rupesh Shah of Gujarat, after a hesitant start, was in full flow and rolled in a break of 399 to brush aside the challenge from Mumbai’s talented youngster Sumer Mago in a pre-quarterfinal match of the Rs 10 lakh prize-money Cci Classic Invitation Billiards (time format) Championship 2023 here on Monday.
India No. 4 Shah asserted his dominance with a 155 run to forge into the lead in the two-and-a-half hour match organized by the Cricket Club of India at their Sir Wilson Jones billiards hall. Shah, after having settled down, launched into the marathon break which culminated when he missed a difficult red pot.
Shah, who had gained a sizeable lead then, had two more notable breaks of 83 and 102 to put the issue beyond the youngster storming to a 984-399 win. The current Maharashtra state junior number 1 billiards player Sumer who was unable to...
India No. 4 Shah asserted his dominance with a 155 run to forge into the lead in the two-and-a-half hour match organized by the Cricket Club of India at their Sir Wilson Jones billiards hall. Shah, after having settled down, launched into the marathon break which culminated when he missed a difficult red pot.
Shah, who had gained a sizeable lead then, had two more notable breaks of 83 and 102 to put the issue beyond the youngster storming to a 984-399 win. The current Maharashtra state junior number 1 billiards player Sumer who was unable to...
- 4/17/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
Mumbai, April 15 (Ians) Multiple-time former world champions Peter Gilchrist of Singapore and Rob Hall of England put up a fine display of precision play as they comfortably won their respective opening group matches in the Rs 10 lakh prize-money Cci Classic Invitation Billiards (time format) Championship here on Saturday.
Meanwhile, India’s most accomplished cueist Pankaj Advani survived a scare from Mumbai’s Loukic Pathare before producing a late flourish by compiling a match-winning effort of 276, which turned the match in his favour in the event organized by the Cricket Club of India at the Sir Wilson Jones billiards hall here.
Trailing by over 200-odd points at the halfway stage, Advani gradually fought back and the timely run in the final half hour ensured he clinched a 627-499 win in a Group-a clash. Advani’s other breaks were 113 and 130, while Pathare’s best breaks were 136 and 156 points.
The tall and lanky Gilchrist,...
Meanwhile, India’s most accomplished cueist Pankaj Advani survived a scare from Mumbai’s Loukic Pathare before producing a late flourish by compiling a match-winning effort of 276, which turned the match in his favour in the event organized by the Cricket Club of India at the Sir Wilson Jones billiards hall here.
Trailing by over 200-odd points at the halfway stage, Advani gradually fought back and the timely run in the final half hour ensured he clinched a 627-499 win in a Group-a clash. Advani’s other breaks were 113 and 130, while Pathare’s best breaks were 136 and 156 points.
The tall and lanky Gilchrist,...
- 4/15/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
Mumbai, April 13 (Ians) Interesting and absorbing contests will be on cards as India’s ace cueist Pankaj Advani, winner of 25 World titles, Dhruv Sitwala, the current Indian No. 2, Peter Gilchrist of Singapore, winner of multiple world titles and Rob Hall of England will be competing for the top honours in the Rs 10 lakh prize-money Cci Classic Invitation Billiards (time format) Championship, starting here on Friday.
Besides the four strong contenders, the other challengers from across the country include the defending champion Siddharth Parikh, former world champions Rupesh Shah, Sourav Kothari, Ashok Shandilya, Devendra Joshi and S. Srikrishna to name a few in the event organised by the Cricket Club of India (Cci) and to be played at the club’s Sir Wilson Jones billiards hall from April 14 to 20, 2023.
The Cci events have proved to be quite successful for Advani who early this year won the Cci Classic Snooker crown defeating...
Besides the four strong contenders, the other challengers from across the country include the defending champion Siddharth Parikh, former world champions Rupesh Shah, Sourav Kothari, Ashok Shandilya, Devendra Joshi and S. Srikrishna to name a few in the event organised by the Cricket Club of India (Cci) and to be played at the club’s Sir Wilson Jones billiards hall from April 14 to 20, 2023.
The Cci events have proved to be quite successful for Advani who early this year won the Cci Classic Snooker crown defeating...
- 4/13/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
Bengaluru, Oct 18 (Ians) Star-studded Team Ongc, with Pankaj Advani, Rupesh Shah, Dhruv Sitwala and Sourav Kothari in its ranks, won the Team Billiards title at the 18th Pspb Inter-Unit Billiards and Snooker Tournament 2022-23.
The competition is being played at Ksba, Bengaluru where the final of the Team Billiards was played last night between
In the Team Billiards final to be played on Monday night, Team Ongc defeated Team Iocl, comprising Aditya Mehta, Brijesh Damani, Dhvaj Haria and Laxman Rawat.
The first game of 200 points was played between Dhruv Sitwala (Ongc) and Dhvaj Haria (Iocl). Dhruv kept Dhvaj at bay and within two visits he scored breaks of 96 and 104 (unfinished) to win the game 200-14.
The second game had a close contest between Sourav Kothari (Ongc) and Brijesh Damani (Iocl) where Damani succeeded to move ahead of Kothari with a scoreline of 200-136.
For the final game, Pankaj Advani (Ongc...
The competition is being played at Ksba, Bengaluru where the final of the Team Billiards was played last night between
In the Team Billiards final to be played on Monday night, Team Ongc defeated Team Iocl, comprising Aditya Mehta, Brijesh Damani, Dhvaj Haria and Laxman Rawat.
The first game of 200 points was played between Dhruv Sitwala (Ongc) and Dhvaj Haria (Iocl). Dhruv kept Dhvaj at bay and within two visits he scored breaks of 96 and 104 (unfinished) to win the game 200-14.
The second game had a close contest between Sourav Kothari (Ongc) and Brijesh Damani (Iocl) where Damani succeeded to move ahead of Kothari with a scoreline of 200-136.
For the final game, Pankaj Advani (Ongc...
- 10/18/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
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