KOLKATA: The second day of the Bengal Premier League at The Bengal Rowing Club saw a big upset when two Kolkata players – Manish Jain and Shahbaaz Khan – outclassed Arjuna Awardee and triple world billiards champion Rupesh Shah, helping their team ELVY 147 beat SHOOTING STARS 3-2. Shahbaaz Khan had laid the foundation when he won the first frame beating Neeraj Khemka 71-42. He later teamed up with Dhruv Agarwal to beat Rupesh Shah and Sunil Saraogi in the Doubles. Shooting Stars’ Benay Agarwal and Chandan Balmiki restored parity, beating Shivam Sharaf and Dhirendra Baid in their respective frames. Manish Jain then stepped up to win the decider 89-09.
The day saw another upset when Brijesh Damani-led Satrangi Squad was handed a shock defeat by The Rockets who crushed them 4-1. The game started on a positive note with Damani leading at a point of time but Gulati made a strong comeback to beat him 65-51 on the first frame. From there on, Damani’s team completely lost their momentum and went on to lose their next three frames 100-48, 75-05, 32-16 before grabbing the consolation last frame 65-70.
In other matches of the day, Snookin Shooters, ELVY 147 and City Knights got the better of Black Panthers, Shooting Stars and Pappu Penguins respectively.
FRAME SCORES:
ELVY 147 BEAT SHOOTING STARS :: 3-2
15R Snooker: Shahbaaz Khan beat Neeraj Khemka :: 71-42
100UP Billiards: Shivam Sharaf lost to Benay Agarwal :: 54-101
Doubles: Shahbaaz / Dhruv beat Rupesh /Sunil :: 67-50
6Reds: Deerendra Baid lost to Chandan Balmiki :: 06-31
15R Snooker: Manish Jain beat Rupesh Shah :: 89-09
THE ROCKETS BEAT SATRANGI SQUAD :: 4-1
15R Snooker: Sundeep Gulati beat Brijesh Damani :: 65-51
100UP Billiards: Akram Khan beat Sagar Malhotra:: 100-48
Doubles :Sundeep/Shakeel beat to Brijesh/Rohit :: 75-05
6Reds : Abhishek Kedia beat Rahul Berlia :: 32-16
15R Snooker: S.K. Sarfaraz lost to ShreevardhanPoddar :: 65-70
SNOOKIN SHOOTERS BEAT BLACK PANTHERS :: 3-2
15R Snooker: Siddharth Parekh beat Mudit Poddar:: 61-20
100UP Billiards: D. Mukhopadhyay beat Piyush Bhagar:: 101-16
Doubles: Siddharth/Wangchuk lost to Manan/Rohit :: 27-60
6Reds: Neeraj Sharma beat Arshad Zama :: 38-31
15R Snooker: Vikrant Gupta lost to Manan Chandra :: 42-52
CITY KNIGHTS BEAT PAPPU PENGUINS :: 3-2
15R Snooker: Rajesh Tulsian lost to Kamal Chawla :: 20-82
100UP Billiards: DhvajHaria beat Nilangshu Haldar :: 100-83
Doubles :Dhvaj/Miraz lost to Kamak/Siddharth :: 15-62
6Reds : Terence Mak beat SumitJhunjhunwala ::36-26
15R Snooker: Ankit Kariwala beat AamerHussain :: 60-52
