CHENNAI: Kreishh Gurbaxani of Maharashtra stunned former World and Asian billiards champion Rupesh Shah of PSPB by defeating him 4-2 in the Phoenix Serene Spaces 7th national 6 red snooker tournament. Multiple-time national champion Alok Kumar of PSPB won his first match by defeating L Nagaraj of Karnataka 4-0. Rupesh started the match well by winning the first frame, but Kreishh retaliated strongly by dominating the next two frames with good safety play to lead 2-1. Although Rupesh levelled it to 2-2, Kreishh upped the tempo and won the next two consecutive frames to clinch the match in style.
Results: D Rajkumar bt Himanshu Kashyap 4-2; Aditya Agrawal bt Himanshu Jain 4-1; Siddarth Rao bt Bhavneet Walia 4-2; Anuj Uppal bt K Prabhu Kishore 4-0; Anurag Giri bt Ranjit 4-0; R Girish bt Ashar Abrar 4-1; Alok Kumar bt L Nagaraj 4-0; G Prabhu bt Manav Panchal 4-3; Mustaq bt Sudheer Kumar 4-0; Kreishh Gurbaxani bt Rupesh Shah 4-2; Lucky Vatnani bt Karthick BC 4-2 ; SA Saleem bt Sandeep Solanki 4-3; J Varunkumar bt Sanchit Gupta 4-0; Sparsh Pherwani bt Sean Davis 4-1; Digvijay Kadian bt Lokesh 4-1; Ketan Chawla bt R Loganathan 4-2.
All-round display by Rakesh
All-round display by N Rakesh (38 n.o; 3/14) was the highlight of Astra RYA Cosmo Elite’s 6-run win over Pitz Stop AFC Galaxy, in the Ensol-Elite Super Sixes tournament held at City Center.
Brief scores: Astra RYA Cosmo Elite 49/4 in 7 ovs (N Rakesh 38 n.o) bt Pitz Stop AFC Galaxy 43/5 in 7 ovs (N Rakesh 3/14).
Siddharth scalps five
Left-arm spinner M Siddharth’s 5/16 helped Alwarpet CC-Sanmar to beat India Pistons by 67 runs in the TNCA-VA Parthasarathy Memorial Trophy limited overs tournament at the MA Chidambaram Stadium here on Monday.
Brief scores: Grand Slam-India Cements 225/9 in 50 (N Jagadeesan 85; S Aswinkumar 3/28) bt AG’s Office 214/9 in 50 ovs (P Francis Rokins 67, R Rajkumar 49). Pts: GS 4; AG 0. Nelson 264/8 in 50 ovs (KH Gopinath 96; R Alexandar 3/35) bt CromBest-Kalpathi investments 113 in 31.2 ovs (S Senthilnathan 4/15, S Samuel 3/28). Pts: Nelson 4: CB 0. Alwarpet-Sanmar 185 in 48.4 ovs (Abhishek Tanwar 60; T Ajithkumar 3/33) bt India Pistons 118 in 41.3 ovs (M Siddharth 5/16). Pts: Alwarpet 4; IP 0. TI Cycles 159 in 44.1 ovs (Adhithya Giridhar 48; Sunny Gupta 3/28) lost to Globe Trotters–MRF 160/5 in 37.3 ovs (C Hari Nishaanth 62; R Sanjay Yadav 3/21). Pts: GT 4; TI 0.
Pradosh hits 189 for TN
Pradosh Ranjan Paul’s 189 helped Tamil Nadu make 375 in 129.5 overs against Chhattisgarh on the second day of the Cooch Behar Trophy, U-19 tournament played in Raipur. In reply, Chhattisgarh were 107/2 in 44 overs at close of play.
Brief scores: Tamil Nadu 375 in 129.5 ovs (Pradosh Ranjan Paul 189, RS Jaganath Sinivas 62; Naman Dhruw 4/97) vs Chhattisgarh 107/2 in 44 ovs (Naved Ali 47 n.o).
Akki shines
VP Akki Shravanth’s 4/26 enabled Combined Districts to bundle out City for 123 in the TNCA-U-14 match at MVR A Grounds. In reply, Combined Districts were reeling at 30/4 in 22 overs.
Brief scores: City 123 in 71.3 overs (PS Jaswanth 33; T Shree Hari 3/37, VP Akki Shravanth 4/26) vs Combined Districts 30/4 in 22 ovs.