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Elphinstone Cricket Club Sohrab Gandi & Naval Tata Open Handicap Billiards & Snooker Tournament 2010
19 May 2010
CCI lad stuns Devendra Joshi
Unknown Rishabh Amin of CCI stunned India No. 3 Devendra Joshi in a first round billiards tie, in the All India Sohrab Gandhi Open Handicap Billiards & Naval Tata Open Handicap Snooker Tournament, organised and hosted by Elphinstone Cricket Club, VT, on Wednesday.
Unperturbed by significant breaks of 76, 41 and 45 by Joshi, Amin romped to a thrilling 200-160 win for the biggest success of his brief career on the green baize.
Enjoying a +70 handicap against Joshi’s -280, Amin did well to stay ahead while an off-colour Joshi struggled to live up to his reputation with poor potting.
Amin was up by a good 60 points at 194-134 when the former Asian champion, needing a break of 66, threatened to take it away. Joshi was on course until his break ended prematurely on 26 when he missed a sitter that offered Amin the opportunity to fashion a famous victory.
Amin later crashed in the first round of the snooker competition as he went down to twice Asian champion Yasin Merchant who warmed up with a fluent 2-0 win.
In another upset in the billiards competition, Prabdeep Singh of MIG overcame Chetan Dalal of PJ Hindu Gymkhana 200-182 in the second round.
Fancied Chandu Shah of PJ Hindu Gymkhana (-100) recovered from a deficit of 60 points to escape to an exciting 200-197 win over septuagenarian Ramsen Bhiwankar (+80) of Khar Gymkhana who had the match in his grasp but let it slip away.
In snooker, Nainesh
Gosaliya of Matoshree upset young Nikhil Ghadge of Khar Gymkhana
111-81, 84-119, 109-102 in the second round, after snatching victory
in a thrilling black ball finish in the decider. Snooker (2nd Round) Mohan Shetty (+55, Catholic Gym) bt Vilas Upsham (+50, Vashi) 106-77, 103-76 Nainesh Gosaliya (+60, Matoshree) bt Nikhil Ghadge (+50, Khar Gym) 111-81, 84-119, 109-102 Jayesh Salvi (+50, Kalyan) bt Alex D’Cruz (+50, Catholic Gym) 105-74, 104-82
Arvind Lakhmana (+60,
Wodehouse Gym) bt P. Somayajula (+40, MCF) 65-95, 104-81; 120-88. Snooker (1st Round) Yasin Merchant (scr, Khar Gym) bt Rishabh Amin (+55, CCI) 98-71, 91-67 Deepak Khubchandani (+40, Khar Gym) bt Ganesh Sarankar (+55, MbPT) 85-102, 123-78, 98-78.
Billiards (2nd Round) Prabdeep Singh (+40, MIG) bt Chetan Dalal (+20, PJ Hindu Gym) 200-182
Billiards (1st Round) Chetan Hemadi (+70, PJ Hindu Gym) bt Mehernosh Billimoria (+80, Bombay Gym) 200-163 Kekoo Nicholson (+60, CCI) bt Nainesh Gosaliya (+80, Matoshree) 201-128 Aparajit Mittal (+70, Chembur Gym) bt Shyam Kotak (+70, PJ Hindu Gym) 200-187 Rishabh Amin (+70, CCI) bt Devendra Joshi (-280, PJ Hindu Gym) 200-160(76) Arun Bhagat (+80, Dombivli Gym) bt Sudhakar (+70, Matunga Gym) 200-186 Siddharth Parekh (+-180, PJ Hindu Gym) bt Manjit Singh (+60, North Indian Assn) 200(72)-139 Mahesh Jagdale (-40, North Indian Assn) bt Sushant Khade (+70, ) 200-109 Chandu Shah (-100, PJ Hindu Gym) bt Ramsen Bhiwankar (+80, Khar Gym) 200-197
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