KOLKATA: A flawless performance by current World No. 3 in Billiards Sourav Kothari helped Cue Magicians beat Black Panthers on the first day of the inaugural edition of the Bengal Premier League (Cue Sports) held at The Bengal Rowing Club.
Black Panthers, led by their marquee player and Asian Games gold medalist Manan Chandra, clinched the first two frames 94-27, 102-20. Cue Magicians struck back strongly with Kothari winning the next two frames on the trot 70-33 (doubles with Kingshuk Saha), 38-01. With both the teams winning two frames each, it was left to Arshad Zama to win the decider 69-01.
In the other matches of the day, Snookin Stars, Satrangi Squad and The Rockets won their matches comprehensively by beating Shooting Stars, Pappu Penguins and City Knights respectively.
FRAME SCORES:
CUE MAGICIANS BEAT BLACK PANTHERS :: 3-2
15R Snooker: Mohd. Saif lost to Manan Chandra :: 27-94,
100UP Billiards: Gautam Khanwani lost to Ramesh Jaiswal :: 20-102
Doubles: Sourav / Kingshuk beat Manan / Mudit :: 70-38
6Reds: Sourav Kothari beat Rohit Malhotra :: 38-01
15R Snooker: Mohd. Shoaib lost to Arshad Zama :: 69-01
SATRANGI SQUAD BEAT PAPPU PENGUINS :: 4-1
15R Snooker: Brijesh Damani beat Kamal Chawla :: 59-07,
100UP Billiards: Aditya Goenka beat Nilangshu Haldar :: 100-55
Doubles: Brijesh / Shreevardhan beat Kamal / Sumit :: 73-42
6Reds: Rohit Rajgharia lost to Siddharth Casyab :: 30-42
15R Snooker: Rahul Berlia beat Aamer Hussain :: 79-27
THE ROCKETS BEAT CITY KNIGHTS :: 3-2
15R Snooker: Sundeep Gulati beat Abdul Miraz :: 65-26,
100UP Billiards: Shakil Ahmed lost to Dhvaj Haria :: 42-100
Doubles: Sundeep / Abhishek beat Dhvaj / Ravi :: 64-29
6Reds: Sarfaraz beat Terence Mack :: 37-23
15R Snooker: Akram Khan lost to Ankit Kariwala :: 32-67
SNOOKIN SHOOTERS BEAT SHOOTING STARS :: 3-2
15R Snooker: W.T. Bhutia lost to Rupesh Shah :: 19-107
100UP Billiards: Siddharth Parekh beat Jyotirmoy Das :: 101-16
Doubles: Siddharth Parekh / Debu Mukherjee lost to Rupesh Shah / Sunil Saraogi :: 42-67
6Reds: Neeraj Sharma beat Neeraj Khemka :: 38-05
15R Snooker: Vikrant Gupta beat Benay Agarwal :: 59-20
