Anurag Bagri (-160 handicap) of Elphinstone Cricket Club (ECC) easily defeated Vikram Patil (Scratch handicap) of Chembur Gymkhana by a comfortable 200-103 margin in a first round (race to 200 points) match of the Chembur Gymkhana Handicap Billiards Tournament 2018 and played at the Chembur Gymkhana billiards hall.
Meanwhile, Pune’s Samar Khandelwal (-100) produced a determined performance to overcome Prakash Karande (-15) by a narrow 200-181 margin to advance to the second round.
Cricket Club of India’s Raj Khandwala (-165) came up with a steady consistent performance to outplay Anil Sagar of Matoshree Club (-15) 200-112 . Khandwala compiled three useful breaks of 54, 56 and 42 during his win.
Results – Round-I: Anurag Bagri (ECC, -150) beat Vikram Patil Chembur Gym, SCR) 200-103; Mahadev Bhogle (-100) beat Sahil Mohite (MHC, SCR) 200-173; Samar Khandelwal (Pune, -100) beat Prakash Karande 200-181; Raj Khandwala (CCI, -165) beat Anil Sagar (Matoshree, -15) 200-112; Mithil Shinde (Thane, -40) beat Ramesh Dongare (Chembur Gym, SCR) 200-113;