State Senior Snooker & Billiards Selection Championship
Cricket Club of India’s Sparsh Pherwani, winner of the first leg, continued with his impressive winning run of form and scored his third successive win defeating Nikhil Saigal of Khar Gymkhana by a narrow 3-2 (41-67, 55-44, 31-62, 64-38 and 62-43) margin in a keenly contested Group-A match of the snooker competition of the BSAM Maharashtra State Senior Snooker & Billiards Selection (leg-2) Championship 2018, at the Bombay Gymkhana billiards room on Monday.
Sparsh Pherwani of CCI scored his third successive win defeating Nikhil Saigal of Khar Gymkhana and advanced to the pre-quarter-finals of the snooker competition of the BSAM Maharashtra State Senior Snooker & Billiards Selection (leg-2) Championship
In another match of the same group, Bombay Gymkhana’s billiards marker Sanjay Gamre got the better of JVPG’s Sanjiv Shah 3-2 (62-8, 52-60, 48-34, 28-63 and 60-18) for his second win.
Pherwani with an all-win record topped the group, while Gamre was second and they both have qualified for the pre-quarter-finals.
Meanwhile, Mukund Bharadia of Cricket Club of India won his final two Group-C league matches. He first defeated NSCI’s Anant Mehta 3-1 (60-7, 61-19, 47-61 and 59-9) and later blanked Pune’s Viren Sharma 3-0 (64-44, 67-54 and 84-5) to finish first in the group. Bharadia and Mehta who was second also advanced to the last 16 round.
Results –
Group-A: Sparsh Pherwani (CCI) beat Nikhil Saigal (Khar Gym) 3-2 (41-67, 55-44, 31-62, 64-38, 62-43); Sanjay Gamre (Bombay Gym) beat Sanjiv Shah (JVPG) 3-2 (62-8, 52-60, 48-34, 28-63, 60-18).
Group-C: Sagar Desai (NSCI) beat Viren Sharma (Pune) 3-2 (76-52, 13-68, 56-36, 34-56, 47-40); Mukund Bharadia (CCI) beat Anant Mehta (NSCI) 3-1 (60-7, 61-19, 47-61, 59(35)-9); Mukund Bharadia (CCI) beat Viren Sharma (Pune) 3-0 (64-44, 67-54, 84-5).
Group-D: Siddhesh Mulay (Chiplun) beat Poras Shah (Matunga Gym) 3-0 (47-35, 56-28, 48-37); Kreishh Gurbaxani (Khar Gym) beat Vignesh Sanghvi (Pune) 3-1 (32-64(42), 85(59)-0, 69-56, 66-38).
Group-E: Raajeev Sharma (MHC) beat Abhishek Bajaj (Bombay Gym) 3-0 (64-12, 45-14, 54-29); Manav Panchal (MHC) beat Yasin Merchant (Khar Gym) 3-2 (23-70, 62-43, 35-70(52), 59(42)-22, 50-27).
Group-F: Shivam Arora (Khar Gym) beat Gaurav Jaisinghani (Vashi) 3-0 (76-9, 63-34, 62-23); Rayaan Razmi (ECC) beat Abhimanyu Gandhi (Otters) 3-1 (64-16, 21-69, 63-36, 51-30).
Group-G: Anand Raghuvanshi (Hindu Gym) beat Rishabh Gohil (ECC) 3-2 (46-47, 39-52, 61-28, 54-1, 76-8); Mayank Bhavsar (KVSC) beat Selven Samuel (Otters) 3-0 (62-29, 65-20, 53-29).