Hasan Badami played the lead role in leading CCI ‘X-Men’ to creditable 3-0 victories in both the home and away ties against JVPG ‘White Lions’ in Section-E, during the third week of the Otters-BSAM Snooker League 2018, co-supported by Z3 Zodiac Clothing and organized by the Billiards and Snooker Association of Maharashtra. Badami (handicap +10) constructed two half century breaks of 54 and 53 unfinished run as he tamed Rishi Sangani (+60) 117-74 in the 15-Red singles frame to provide CCI ‘X-Men’ with perfect the start in the home fixture.
Hasan Badami
Later, CCI’s experienced captain Nikhil Ootam joined hands with Zulfikar Saria, and the duo playing with a handicap of +21 comfortably defeated the JVPG pair of Dhruv Pagaria and Dev Dongre (+26) 79-49 in the 9-Red doubles, before Cherag Ramakrishnan (+20) managed to pull off a close win against Veer Singh Nagi (+45) by a 90-84 margin in the third (15-Red) frame to complete a 3-0 win.
CCI continued with their winning momentum and also dominated the away match. This time, Ramakrishnan led from the front and easily defeated JVPG’s Sangani 113-77 to set the tone for their quick win. In the second frame, Badami overcame Veer Singh 65-55 and later Ootam partnered by another experienced cueist Dhruv Sitwala and with a handicap of +15 prevailed over JVPG duo of Dhruv Pagaria and Dev Dongre (+26) 79-53 to wrap up the match and complete a clean sweep.
Meanwhile, NSCI ‘Riders’ were also dominant in their Section-D match against CRMI ‘Star Blue’ and cruised to identical 3-0 wins in both the home and away matches.
MHCL ‘Madcaps’ also had a successful round winning both their ties against MCF ‘Dark Knights’ by identical 3-2 margins in Section-A.
Results – 3rd round (Section A to H):
Section-A: MHCL ‘Madcaps’ Vs MCF ‘Dark Knights’ – home 3-2, away 3-2 .
Section-B: JVPG ‘Snooker Legends’ Vs MBPT Sports ‘Potalyst’ – 3-1, 3-2.
Section-C: DG ‘Fighters’ Vs Santacruz ‘Sunrisers’ – 3-2, 2-3.
Section-D: NSCI ‘Riders’ Vs CRMI ‘Star Blue’ – 3-0, 3-0.
Section-E: CCI ‘X-Men’ Vs JVPG ‘White Lions’ – 3-0, 3-0.
Section-F: Radio ‘Tigers’ Vs WRSA 2-3, 3-0.
Section-G: KG ‘B’ Vs NSCI ‘Cue Masters’ 3-1, 3-2.
Section-H: CG ‘Titans Vs DG ‘Avengers’ 3-1, 3-0.