India

Bahrain

Pankaj Advani

28

Hamed Dhaif

Manan Chandra

39

Habib Subah

Yasin Merchant

14

Mohd. Omar

Total Score

8

Total Score

Group A

1

Pakistan A

Saleh Mohammed, Naveen Parwani, Khurram Agha

6

3

2

1

9

2

2

UAE

Humaid Al Dharmaki, Salim Al Salim, Salim Bin Dheeban

4

3

2

0

7

3

3

Bahrain

Hamid Dhaif, Mohd. Omar, Hrain Habib

7

7

2

2

14

1

Group B

1

India

Yasin Merchant, Manan Chandra, Pankaj Advani

9

8

2

2

17

1

2

Thailand

Thepchaiya Un-Nooh, Noppon Saengkham, Chinnakrit

1

6

2

1

7

2

3

Pakistan B

Mohd. Sultan, Vishan Gir, Qasim Kamani

2

4

2

0

6

3

Day Three

Team INDIA wins the NJI Pentangular 6-Red Snooker Team Series 2008 Championship held at Karachi, Pakistan after a tough fight from Bahrai with 8 Points to 7. It is worth to mention that Bahrain participated in this tournament when Qatar pulled out from the championship at last moment, and Bahrain made it to reach in the final. at last moment

Both the teams of host Pakistan could not made it thru and out of the Final Race. Final is slated tomorrow at Karachi Club. The winner team will take away a Prize Money of 150,000 and Runner-Up will be richer by 100,000 Pakistani Rupees.

Frame Scores: indicated above in the table.

Day Two

INDIA and BAHRAIN made it to reach the final of NJI Pentangular 6-Red Snooker Team Series 2008 at Karachi, Pakistan. Both the teams of host Pakistan could not made it thru and out of the Final Race. Final is slated tomorrow at Karachi Club. The winner team will take away a Prize Money of 150,000 and Runner-Up will be richer by 100,000 Pakistani Rupees.


Match One

UAE Vs Bahrain. Bahrain Win By 7-3

Humaid Al Dharmaki (UAE) beats Hamed Dhaif (Bahrain) :: 2-1 (49-46, 50-21, 17-34)
Habib Subah (Bahrain) beats Salim Al Salim (UAE) :: 3-0 (46-11, 42-08, 71-00)
Muhammad Omar (Bahrain) beats Salim Bin Dheeban (UAE) :: 2-1 (38-17, 48-17, 22-24)
Bahrain makes 6 Regular and 1 Bonus Point. Total Points 7. UAE Scored 3 Points.


Match Two

India Vs. Thailand. India Win By 9-1

Manan Chandra (India) beats Chinnakrit Y. (Thailand) :: 2-1 (0-46, 43-0, 49-14)
Yasin Merchant (India) beats Noppon Saengkham (Thailand) :: 3-0 (39-20, 40-20, 37-0)
Pankaj Advani (India) beats Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (Thailand) :: 3-0 (38-23, 50-09, 37-27)
India makes 8 Regular and 1 Bonus Point. Total Points 9. Thailand Scored 1 Point

Match Three

Pakistan 'A' Vs. UAE. Pakistan 'A' Win By 6-4

Saleh Mohammed (Pakistan) beats Humaid Al-Dharmaki (UAE) :: 2-1 (47-19, 22-35, 35-11)
Saleem Bin Dheeban (UAE) beats Khurram Agha (Pakistan) :: 2-1 (45-12, 54-00, 20-41)
Naveen Parwani (Pakistan) beats Salim Al Salim (UAE) :: 2-1 (55-1, 50-00, 25-35)
Pakistan makes 5 Regular and 1 Bonus Point. Total Points 6. UAE Scored 4 Point
 

Day One

Match One

India Vs Pakistan 'B' :: India Win By 8-2

Manan Chandra  (India) beats Muhammad Sulatan (Pakistan 'B') :: 2-1 (36-08, 36-17, 21-35)
Yasin Merchant (India) beats Vishan Gir (Pakistan 'B'):: 3-0 (39-11, 47-12, 54-11)
Pankaj Advani (India) beats Qasim Kamani (Pakistan 'B') :: 2-1 (35-16, 54-0, 23-39)
India Make 7 Regular and One Bonus Point - Total 8Points. Pakistan 'B' scored 2 Points


Match Tow

Pakistan 'A' Vs Bahrain :: Bahrain Win By 7-3


Hamed Dhaif (Bah) beats Saleh Muhammad (Pakistan 'A') :: 3-0 (38-27, 46-08, 44-0)

Naveen Parwani (Pakistan 'A') beats Muhammad Omar (Bah) :: 3-0 (51-04, 47-05, 34-23)
Hrain Habib Subah (Bah) beats Khurram Agha (Pakistan 'A') :: 3-0 (42-12, 46-13, 40-15)
Bahrain make 7 Points (including one bonus Point. Pakistan 'A' scored 3 Points.

Third Match

Thailand Vs Pakistan 'B' :: Thailand Win by 6-4

Vishan Gir (Pakistan 'B') beats Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (Thailand) :: 2-1 (11-32, 45-14, 44-19)
Qasim H. Kamani (Pakistan 'B') beats Noppon Saengkham (Thailand) :: 2-1 (10-36, 45-12, 51-01)
Chinnakrit Yaowannasiri (Thailand) beats Sultan Mohammed (Pakistan 'B') :: 3-0 (31-30, 48-01, 44-6)

 

Snooker on the decline ...

Snooker is declining in Pakistan but the 6-Red format is giving it a new lease of life like T20 in cricket. That's the view of former Asian champion Yasin Merchant who met sports journalists at the Karachi Club. Merchant was in Karachi playing in the NJI Pentangular 6-Red series.

Yasin said cue sport was facing problems in India and Pakistan. "But Pankaj Adwani and Aditya Mehta's victories have been inspirational to improve level of juniors in India. In India we have to work a lot for improvement in snooker. Because we don't have back-up players."

Yasin said India and Pakistan had a lot of talented cueists. He said in 6-Red snooker results came immediately as the frames were of shorter duration. "That's the type of game the spectator enjoys. I have no doubt this game will be popular soon. He said if India wanted to improve it must look out for talent at street-corner clubs. There is a lot of talent in such clubs but it destroyed because of neglect. UK greats like Jimmy White and Ronnie O'Sullivan came from the street-side parlours," said Yasin who advised: "Pick up the talented player from there and your problems of talent hunt will be solved. These lads will achieve major victories for India."

About the upcoming World snooker championship, Yasin said: "We have to consider China whose government is backing its sportsfolk." In contrast the attitude of the Indian government is: ' Doobo ya maro ' (Drown or swim).

Above all Yasin said the problem that's hardest to solve is getting sponsors. Without money no sport can survive.

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