Maha Snooker Selection: Pherwani sails into pre-quarters

Sparsh Pherwani, winner of the first leg, scored his 3rd successive win defeating Nikhil Saigal of Khar Gymkhana by a narrow 3-2 margin in a Group-A match of the snooker competition of the BSAM Maharashtra State Senior Snooker & Billiards Selection (leg-2) Championship.

Pherwani defeated Saigal 41-67, 55-44, 31-62, 64-38 and 62-43.

In another match of the same group, Bombay Gymkhanas billiards marker Sanjay Gamre got the better of JVPGs Sanjiv Shah 3-2 (62-8, 52-60, 48-34, 28-63 and 60-18) for his second win.

Pherwani, who represents the Cricket Club of India, with an all-win record topped the group, while Gamre was second and they both have qualified for the pre-quarter-finals.

Results - Group-A: Sparsh Pherwani (CCI) beat Nikhil Saigal (Khar Gym) 3-2 (41-67, 55-44, 31-62, 64-38, 62-43); Sanjay Gamre (Bombay Gym) beat Sanjiv Shah (JVPG) 3-2 (62-8, 52-60, 48-34, 28-63, 60-18).

Group-C: Sagar Desai (NSCI) beat Viren Sharma (Pune) 3-2 (76-52, 13-68, 56-36, 34-56, 47-40); Mukund Bharadia (CCI) beat Anant Mehta (NSCI) 3-1 (60-7, 61-19, 47-61, 59(35)-9); Mukund Bharadia (CCI) beat Viren Sharma (Pune) 3-0 (64-44, 67-54, 84-5).

Group-D: Siddhesh Mulay (Chiplun) beat Poras Shah (Matunga Gym) 3-0 (47-35, 56-28, 48-37); Kreishh Gurbaxani (Khar Gym) beat Vignesh Sanghvi (Pune) 3-1 (32-64(42), 85(59)-0, 69-56, 66-38).

Group-E: Raajeev Sharma (MHC) beat Abhishek Bajaj (Bombay Gym) 3-0 (64-12, 45-14, 54-29); Manav Panchal (MHC) beat Yasin Merchant (Khar Gym) 3-2 (23-70, 62-43, 35-70(52), 59(42)-22, 50-27).

Group-F: Shivam Arora (Khar Gym) beat Gaurav Jaisinghani (Vashi) 3-0 (76-9, 63-34, 62-23); Rayaan Razmi (ECC) beat Abhimanyu Gandhi (Otters) 3-1 (64-16, 21-69, 63-36, 51-30).

Group-G: Anand Raghuvanshi (Hindu Gym) beat Rishabh Gohil (ECC) 3-2 (46-47, 39-52, 61-28, 54-1, 76-8); Mayank Bhavsar (KVSC) beat Selven Samuel (Otters) 3-0 (62-29, 65-20, 53-29).