Producing a steady consistent performance Vimal Mariwal played a responsible role and inspired Radio ‘Tigers’ to a 3-2 win against NSCI ‘Gunners’ in a round of 32 match of the Z3 Zodiac Clothing & Otters Club sponsored Otters-BSAM Mumbai Snooker League 2018. The seasoned Radio Club cueist Mariwala produced the goods when it mattered most and won both his frames, including the crucial decider, which sealed Tiger’s victory and entry to the round of 16.
Vimal Mariwala won both his frames, including the crucial match-winning decider to help Radio ‘Tigers’ defeat NSCI ‘Gunners; 3-2 in a round of 32 match of the Otters-BSAM Mumbai Snooker League 2018 .
Tigers got off to shaky start as Saurabh Mehrotra (+45) suffered a 73-84 defeat at the hands of the experienced Sarang Shroff (+15) in the 15-red singles first frame. But, the Radio Club’s doubles combination of Merzi Screwala and Badar Karimi (+27) pulled off a 67-57 win against the NSCI pair of Sagar Desai and Subhojit Roy (+25) in the 9-red doubles second frame to level the scores at 1-all. Later, Mariwala (+40) came up with a commendable effort to tame NSCI’s Samay Wadhwa (+40) 93-47 in the 15-red singles third frame to put Radio Club in the lead. Shroff once showed his class and scored another win this time he defeated Screwala (+30) 86-74 to put NSCI on level terms and take the contest to the wire. In the fifth frame, Mariwala potted steadily to overcome Subhojit Roy (+50) 109-95 and complete a satisfactory verdict for the Radio Club team.
Results (pre-quarter-finals): Radio ‘Tigers’ beat NSCI ‘Gunners’ 3-2 (Saurabh Mehrotra (+45) lost Sarang Shroff (+15) 73-84, Merzi Screwala/Badar Karimi (+27) bt Sagar Desai/Subhojit Roy (+25) 67-57, Vimal Mariwala (+40) bt Samay Wadhwa (+40) 93-47, Merzi Screwala (+30) lost Sarang Shroff (+15) 74-86, Vimal Mariwala (+40) bt Subhojit Roy (+50) 109-95).