North India Association (NIA) team NIA ‘Surgical Strikers’ were in the best of form and sent Central Railway Mechanical Institute’s CRMI ‘Star Blue’ crashing to a 3-0 defeat in the best-of-five-frame round of 16 match of the Billiards & Snooker Association of Maharashtra organized Otters-BSAM Mumbai Snooker League 2019 and played at the Otters Club billiards room.
Ishpreet Singh Chadha recorded twin wins in leading KG ‘Legends’ to a 3-1 win against PCL ‘Beach Boys’ in the Otters-BSAM Mumbai Snooker League .
On the side table, Khar Gymkhana’s KG ‘Legends’ riding on Ishpreet Singh Chadha’s twin wins and Faisal Khan’s success went on to record a comfortable 3-1 win against Park Club’s PCL ‘Beach Boys’ in another pre-quarter-final encounter.
Ishpreet (scratch handicap) won the opening 15-red singles frame defeating Park Club’s Ameya Sankhala (+45) 100-75 before Faisal Khan (scratch handicap) prevailed over Vishal Gehani (+40) 89-65 in the second frame, which was also a 15-red tie.
Park Club halted Khar Gymkhana’s charge to victory when their doubles team of Rajiv Sharma and Amit Sapru (+23) got the better of Nikhil Saigal and Deepak Khubchandani (+17) 67-39 to reduce the deficit. But, Ishpreet produced a break of 51 as he tamed Gehani (+40) 119-44 to win the fourth frame and seal Khar Gymkhana’s win.
The Khar Gymkhana outfit will clash with home favourites and defending champions Otters Club’s team Otters ‘Rockets’ in the quarter-finals.
NIA started on a positive note as Hardik Vyas (+50) sidelined Central Railway seasoned cueist Nikhil Ghadge (+30) by a convincing 101-81 points margin in winning the 15-red singles first frame. The NIA team continued to march ahead as Divesh Gangwani (+45) easily defeated Umesh Barwe (+50) 115-85 in the second 15-red singles frame. Later, NIA’s doubles pairing of Rahul Chandan and Rajan Gupta (+29) pulled off a close win against Central Railway’s duo of Joe Thomas and Chandrashekar Singh (+32) by a narrow 67-55 point difference to wrap up the match in their favour.
Results – Round of 16: NIA ‘Surgical Strikers’ beat CRMI ‘Star Blue’ 3-0 (Hardik Vyas (+50) beat Nikhil Ghadge (+30) 101-81; Divesh Gangwani (+45) beat Umesh Barwe (+50) 115-85; Rahul Chandan/ Rajan Gupta (+29) beat Joe Thomas/ Chandrashekar Singh (+32) 67-55).
KG ‘Legends’ beat PCL ‘Beach Boys’ 3-1 (Ishpreet Singh Chadha (SCR) beat Ameya Sankhala (+45) 100-75; Faisal Khan (SCR) beat Vishal Gehani (+40) 89-65; Nikhil Saigal/ Deepak Khubchandani (+17) lost Amit Sapru/ Sanjiv Sharma (+23) 39-67; Ishpreet Singh Chadha (SCR) bear Vishal Gehani (+40) 119(51)-44).