Manisha National Billiards & Snooker Championship 2017
Shahyan Razmi steals the show on Day One Mumbai cueist enters pre-quarterfinals with back-to-back wins
12-Jan-2017
Shahyan Razmi
Mumbai’s 11-year-old Shahyan Razmi, who is probably the youngest participant in the Manisha National Billiards and Snooker Championship at PYC Hindu Gymkhana stole the show with back-to-back wins on day One. Playing in the sub-junior billiards category, Shahyan ousted Tamil Nadu’s MF Dhanish Ahmed 168-98 in the first round. Later he prevailed over West Bengal’s Tanveer Dhawan 181-165. Both cueists were going neck to neck in the initial stage but as the game progressed Shahyan took lead and maintained it till the one hour buzzer. His elder brother Rayaan Razmi, also moved ahead by beating West Bengal’s Hamza Murad 204-124 in the same category. Top seed S Srikrishna of Tamil Nadu justified his ranking with a massive 423-110 win over Punjab’s Bhavneet Walia. The current national champion Srikrishna received a bye in first round and later he came up with a 65 and 102-point breaks to score the highest total of the day. Meanwhile, another Mumbai player and second seed Sparsh Pherwani also entered pre-quarterfinals with an easy 205-131 win over Punjab’s Jaspreet Singh. The tournament was inaugurated by noted actor Nana Patekar. Rajan Khinvsara, vice president of Billiards and Snooker Federation of India (BSFI), Kumar Tamhane, honorary secretary, PYC Hindu Gymkhana, Vijay Bhave, president, PYC Gymkhana, Shashank Halbe, billiards secretary, PYC and Salil Deshpande, vice president (BSFI) were present on the occasion. Maharashtra’s former Ranji coach Surendra Bhave anchored the event. Following are the Results: Sub-Junior : Bhavneet Walia (PUB) 181 bt V Karmukilan (TN) 72; Owais Kamran (RJ) 203 bt Nivarthavel (TN) 75; Aman Basavanal (KAR) 126 bt Mayur Garg (GUJ) 67; Hamza Murad (WB) 168 bt VS Surya (TN) 59; RNV Saikumar (AP) 148 bt Kunj Patel (GUJ) 99; MF Taabish Ahmed (TN) 106 lost to Arjun Madhusudan (KAR) 115; Harshavarathan (TN) 79 lost to Ansh Chopra (JK) 145; Bhuan Sahni (HAR) 167 lost to Ranveer Duggal (CHG) 204; Aditya Aswin (TN) 72 lost to Dinesh Bajaj (GUJ) 254; Bharat Kumar (TN) 116 lost to Dhruv Chawla (PUB) 148; Shahyan Razmi (MH) 168 bt MF Dhanish Ahmed (TN) 98; Tanveer Dhawan (WB) 227 bt Bhooshan (TN) 62; S Srikrishna (TN) 423 bt Bhavneet Walia (PUB) 110.