Pakistan outshine India to set up all-Pakistan final in SAARC Snooker Championship 2019
Pakistani cueists Asjad Iqbal & Mohammad Bilal won back-to-back matches to set up an all-Pakistan final in the inaugural South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) snooker championship at Dhaka.
Pakistani cueists Asjad Iqbal & Mohammad Bilal won back-to-back matches to set up an all-Pakistan final in the inaugural South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) snooker championship at Dhaka.
Asjad Iqbal and Mohammad Bilal thwarted the Indian challenge in contrasting semi-finals triumphs to make the title clash an all-Pakistan affair on the Bangladesh soil.
Asjad carved out 6-4 frames victory over Laxman Rawat (38-78, 73-27, 116-14, 68-18, 53-9, 43-101, 21-67, 32-63, 76-37, 74-40). The victory include a splendid break of 87 in the third frame. Asjad’s contemporary Bilal blanked Sundeep Gulati straight 6-0 (53-51, 100-17, 77-71, 78-38, 74-27, 62-11) that envisaged two breaks of 62 and 51 in the second and fifth frames.
Earlier, Asjad conjured up 5-1 victory over Deepak Magar of Nepal while Bilal too defeated Nepalese A M Shrestha by identical scoreline of 5-1.
The best of 13 frames final between Asjad and Bilal will be played on Friday(today). The winner gets a purse of US $2500 while runner-up receives US $1500.
