Cricket Club of India’s Hassan Badami maintained his superb winning streak recording another quick straight-frame 4-0 win against Ibrahim Sheikh (KVSC) in a quarter-final match of the Senior men’s snooker event of the BSAM organized Maharashtra State Junior Snooker and Senior Snooker & Billiards Selection (leg 1) Championship – 2019, played at the Bombay Gymkhana billiards room on Tuesday.
Hassan Badami of CCI scored a 4-0 win against Ibrahim Sheikh of KVSC in a quarter-final match of Maharashtra State Junior Snooker and Senior Snooker & Billiards Selection (leg 1) Championship
The unassuming Badami was cool and calculated and constructed a break of 75 in the second frame as he breezed to a 48-03, 91-31, 53-29 and 53-28 frame score win and book his place in the semi-final.
Rayaan Razmi of Radio Club, who won the Maharashtra’s Junior snooker title in the first leg, also progressed to the last four scoring an authoritative 4-1 win against NSCI billiards marker Ajinkya Yelve in another quarter-final encounter. The 17-year-old Rayaan potted steadily and consistently to roll out a 77-33, 33-57, 57-16, 69-40 and 64-27 win.
Results –Quarter-finals: Vishal Vaya (Club Aquaria) beat Adit Raja (JVPG) 4-3 (37-65, 46-82, 55-44, 46-62, 64-35, 60-37 and 63-54);
Cherag Ramakrishnan (Radio Club) beat Shabhaz Khan (CCI) 4-3 (49-61, 68-00, 01-101, 73-38, 67-45, 28-50, 61-50);
Rayaan Razmi (Radio Club) beat Ajinkya Yelve (NSCI) 4-1 (77-33, 33-57, 57-16, 69-40, 64-27);
Hasan Badami (CCI) beat Ibrahim Sheikh (KVSC) 4-0 (48-03, 91(75)-31, 53-29, 53-28).