Dhingra survives Ghadge scare

CCI Billiards Boys and favourites P J Hindu Gymkhana Sultans of Hazard registered contrasting wins.

CCI Billiards Boys and favourites P J Hindu Gymkhana Sultans of Hazard registered contrasting wins to set up a title clash in The Zarine & Yazdi Daruvala Charitable Trust Mumbai Billiards League,orgainsed by the Billiards & Snooker Association of Maharashtra,at the Dadar Parsee Colony Gymkhana.

Billiards Boys halted Park Club Samurais with a 570-340 win after Hasan Badami and Hitesh Kotwani sealed the issue in the opening two ties,while the star-studded Sultans ended the winning streak of Central Railway Mechanical Institute Star Blue with an exciting 515-500 win.

Asian bronze medallist Devendra Joshi and twice world runner-up Dhruv Sitwala put Sultans in a commanding position after the opening two ties that left Star Blues Sunil Ghadge a stiff target of 185 against Maharashtra junior No. 1 Jaiveer Dhingras 200 in the deciding tie.

While Dhingra led 176-113 and 180-130 and looked set to take the match away without much ado,Ghadge brought the contest to life when he inched his way back to 170-183. The narrow deficit put Dhingra under immense pressure in the dying stages before he recovered in the nick of time to pip Ghadge in a nail-biting finish.

Results: Semi-finals: P J Hindu Gym Sultans of Hazard bt CRMI Star Blue 515-500; CCI Billiards Boys bt Park Club Samurais 570-340.

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