Samurais hunt down Golden Eagles

CCI Billiards Boys and Park Club Samurais' fashioned exciting wins to storm into the quarter-finals of The Zarine & Yazdi Daruvala Charitable Trust Mumbai Billiards League,orgainsed by the Billiards & Snooker Association of Maharashtra,at the Dadar Parsee Colony Gymkhana

CCI Billiards Boys and Park Club Samurais’ fashioned exciting wins to storm into the quarter-finals of The Zarine & Yazdi Daruvala Charitable Trust Mumbai Billiards League,orgainsed by the Billiards & Snooker Association of Maharashtra,at the Dadar Parsee Colony Gymkhana on Wednesday.

With a blend of youth and experience Billiards Boys halted a gallant P J Hindu Gymkhana Canon Kings 726-713 in a thriller,while Samurais edged out Shivaji Park Gymkhana Golden Eagles 653-574.

Vishal Gehani and Amit Sapru put the Samurais in a strong position after winning the opening two ties convincingly. It left Sanjeev Bijlani a modest target of 78 in the decider against Shekhar Surve that ended the campaign of the Eagles.

I think the Eagles let us off when they played Prashant Mhatre instead of Shekhar Surve in the second tie, explained a relieved Bijlani. I feel it was the turning point and left me an easy target in the end.

Veteran Kekoo Nicholson gave Billiards Boys a dream start before Devansh Jariwala offered Canon Kings hope with a significant 200-156 win over formidable Hasan Badami in the second tie that led the contest into a gripping third tie. Set a target of 166,Devang Shah of Canon Kings came up with impressive shots but fell short by just 13 points while giving CCIs Hitesh Kotwani anxious moments in the gripping decider.

Results

Pre-quarter-finals: Park Club Samurais bt Shivaji Park Golden Eagles 653-574; CCI Billiards Boys bt PJ Hindu Gymkhana Canon Kings 726-713.

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