Elphinstone Cricket Club (ECC) cruised into the pre-quarter-finals defeating Bombay Gymkhana ‘B’ 3-0 in a round of 32 match of the Billiards & Snooker Association of Maharashtra organised Greatwhite Electricals-BSAM Mumbai Snooker League 2022 and played at the Dadar Club billiards room.
Khar Gymkhana ‘C’ team also enjoyed smooth sailing brushing aside Garware Club House (GCH) ‘C’ outfit 3-0 to advance to the round of 16.
Former champions ECC ‘Elfies Stars’ started on a bright note with seasoned campaigner Anurag Bagri (+25 handicap) prevailing over Bombay Gymkhana’s Shabaz Khan (+10) 70-43. Later, the ECC combination of Vilas Upsham and Sunil Jain (+18) outshone the Bombay Gym pair of Kaizad Fitter and Abhishek Bajaj (+17) winning the double frame 62-19 to take a 2-0 lead. Later, Shubham Randhe (+40) overcame Vishwajeet Mohan (+15) 86-43 to seal ECC’s victory.
Khar Gymkhana was provided a flying start when Nikhil Saigal (+25) managed to snatch a close 105-98 win against Darshak Jhaveri (+45) in the opening frame. In the second frame, Harmehr Mago and Deepak Khubchandani (+17) combined perfectly to tame the Garware Club duo of Anish Jhaveri and Pramod Shah (+32) coasting to 76-33 win before Sahil Kakkad (+40) completed the win defeating Varun Mody (+45) 117-74 in the third frame.
However, there was plenty to cheer for Garware Club House (GCH) as the other two teams tasted success. GCH ‘A’ team held their nerves to scrape past former champions Cricket Club of India ‘A’ (CCI ‘Snooker Kings’) 3-2 and the GCH ‘B’ team got the better of P.J. Hindu Gymkhana ‘B’ 3-1.
Meanwhile, P.J. Hindu Gymkhana ‘A’ team after losing the first frame recovered by winning the next three frames to carve out a deserving 3-1 victory against a spirited Park Club and to book their place in the pre-quarters.
Results – Round 32: Khar Gymkhana ‘C’ beat Garware Club House ‘C’ 3-0 (Nikhil Saigal (+25) bt Darshak Jhaveri (+45) 105-98, Harmehr Mago/Deepak Khubchandani (+17) bt Anish Jhaveri/Pramod Shah (+32) 76-33, Sahil Kakkad (+40) bt Varun Mody (+45) 117-74).
Garware Club House ‘A’ beat Cricket Club of India ‘A’ 3-2 (Kartik Jhaveri (+40) lost Kanishk Jhanjhari (+25) 80-94, Sumil Karkera (+40) bt Rishabh Amin (+45) 98-94, Chirag Mehta/Varun Bagri (+26) bt Giriraj Gaglani/Raj Khandwala (+26) 86-48, Sumil Karkera lost Kanishk Jhanjhari 80-91, Kartik Jhaveri bt Raj Khandwala (+40) 92-52).
P.J. Hindu Gymkhana ‘A’ beat Park Club 3-1 (Anand Raghuvanshi (+20) lost Ameya Sankhala (+35) 57-110, Siddharth Parikh/Jignesh Thakkar (+15) bt Amit Sapru/Vishal Gehani (+22) 70-51, Hitesh Kotwani (+30) bt Sanjiv Bijlani (+40) 91-47, Siddharth Parikh (+5) bt Ameya Sankhala 69-64).
Garware Club House ‘B’ beat P.J. Hindu Gymkhana ‘B’ 3-1 (Rakesh Trivedi/Sharad Sharma (+27) bt Rovin D’Souza/Kirti Parikh (+21) 69-30, Sahil Kedia (+50) bt Aditya Shandilya (+40) 114-78, Bhavesh Jain (+40) lost Devansh Jariwala (+45) 71-100, Sahil Kedia bt Aditya Shandilya 103-81).
Elphinstone CC beat Bombay Gymkhana ‘B’ 3-0 (Anurag Bagri (+25) bt Shabaz Khan (+10) 70-43, Vilas Upsham/Sunil Jain (+18) bt Kaizad Fitter/Abhishek Bajaj (+17) 62-19, Shubham Randhe (+40) bt Vishwajeet Mohan (+15) 86-43).
MIG CC beat North India Association 3-1 (Anuj Soni (+45) bt Hardik Vyas (+40) 98-87, Prabdeep Singh (+40) lost Divesh Gangwani (+40) 79-104, Garurav Prabhu/Gunmeen Kohli (+24) bt Manjeet Singh/Rajan Gupta(+27) 67-56, Anuj Soni bt Divesh Gangwani 103-54).