KOLKATA: Cue Magicians, led by an in-form Sourav Kothari, Snookin Shooters with marquee player Siddharth Parikh, Pappu Penguins led by Kamal Chawla, and The Rockets led by Sundeep Gulati will vie for the top honours at the inaugural Bengal Premier League at the Bengal Rowing Club. The matches will be played on a knock-out basis with the top two teams – Cue Magicians and Snookin Shooters – vying for a place in the finals. The losing team will then play the winners of the match between Pappu Penguins and the Rockets to have another shot at the finals.
At the end of the Round Robin phase which ended at the BRC today, Cue Magicians topped the table after winning all their eight matches. Snookin Shooters won six of their eight matches while Pappu Penguins won five and The Rockets won four out of their eight matches.
Continuing his sublime form in the tournament, Sourav Kothari once again displayed fine skills beating Suniti Damani 101-32, before pairing with Kingshuk Saha to beat the Shahbaaz-Dhirendra duo 68-33. Shoaib Khan rallied to beat Shivam Saraf to take his team through. However Saif Khan lost Manish Jain in the opening frame.
FRAME SCORES :
CUE MAGICIANS BEAT ELVY 147 :: 3-1
15R Snooker: Saif Khan lost to Manish Jain :: 44-55
100UP Billiards: Sourav Kothari beat SunitiDamani :: 101-32
Doubles: Sourav / Kingshuk beatShahbaaz / Dhirendra :: 68-33
6Reds: Shoaib Khan beat ShivamSaraf :: 40-09
15R Snooker: Not Required
THE ROCKETS BEAT BLACK PANTHERS :: 3-0
15R Snooker: Sandip Gulatibeat Arshad Zama :: 78-22
100UP Billiards: Akram Khan beat Ramesh Jaiswal :: 100-93
Doubles: Sandip /Shakil beat Manan/Rohit :: 54-08
6Reds: Not Required
15R Snooker: Not Required
SHOOTING STARS BEAT BLACK PANTHERS :: 3-2
15R Snooker:NeerajKhemkabeat Manan Chandra :: 64-27
100UP Billiards: Jyotirmoy Das beat Ramesh Jaiswal :: 101-98
Doubles:Rupesh /Sunil lost to Manan/Rohit :: 18-60
6Reds: Benay Agarwal lost to Arshad Zama :: 26-47
15R Snooker:Rupesh Shah beat MuditPoddar :: 57-42
PAPPU PENGUINS BEAT SNOOKIN SHOOTERS :: 3-2
15R Snooker: Aamer Hussain beat Neeraj Sharma :: 69-56
100UP Billiards: Anil Poddar lost to Siddharth Parekh :: 68-101
Doubles: Siddharth / Kamal beat Wangchuk/Siddharth :: 62-19
6Reds: Kamal Chawla lost to Vikram Gupta:: 20-32
15R Snooker: Sumit Jhunjhunwala beat Sushil Sarda :: 72-46