Kaizad Fitter of Bombay Gymkhana and Cyrus Mistry of Elphinstone Cricket Club (ECC), were both on a roll and in convincing fashion won their respective first round matches of the Bombay Gymkhana Handicap Billiards Tournament, and played at the Bombay Gymkhana billiards hall.
Playing on the home tables, Fitter (-100 handicap) produced a steady performance and was in complete control against Iqbal Rokadia (-35 handicap) of ECC and won by a comfortable 200-72 points margin.
Meanwhile, Mistry (-100) came up with an impressive performance to knockout Rohan Sakalkar (-70) of (Dadar Club) coasting to an easy win. The seasoned cueist Mistry showed fluency and consistency with his shots and masterly crafted a 61 break to defeat Sakalkar 200-76 with a degree of comfort.
Another ECC cueist Sunil Jain also came through his first round defeating Radio Club’s Chinmay Gawde. Jain staring with a -130 handicap settled down quickly and grabbed every opportunity to gradually accumulate points to sneak past Gawde romping to a deserving 200-153 win and advance to the second round.
In another first round match, Nishit Chandan (-80) of Matunga Gymkhana had things much his own way and charged past Melwyn Mascarenhas (-120) of Catholic Gymkhana, winning by a long distance with the scores reading 200-21 in the former’s favour.
Results (round-1): Yash Rungta (KVSC, -100 handicap) beat Girish P. (Bombay Gym, -25) 200-129; Murali A. Krishnan (Chembur Gym, -25) beat Sanjiv Agarwal (Matoshree, +10) 200-190; Pranay More (Malabar Hill Club -60) beat Sanjiv Bijlani (Park Club, -100) 200-156; Nishit Chandan (Matunga Gym, -80) beat Melwyn Mascarenhas (Catholic Gym, -120) 200-21; Cyrus Mistry (ECC, -100) beat Rohan Sakalkar (Dadar Club, -70) 200(61)-76; Sunil Jain (ECC, -130) beat Chinmay Gawde (Radio Club, -30) 200-153; Mithil Shinde (Thane, -40) beat Umesh Marathe (Dadar Club, SCR) 200-104; Kaizad Fitter (Bombay Gym, -100) beat Iqbal Rokadia (ECC, -35) 200-72; Nikhil Lalwani (Chembur Ggym, -10) beat Ashraf CK (Dadar Club, -30) 200-111.