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BSAM SNOOKER GRASSROOT CHALLENGER 2023
Sharma scrapes past Tohgaonkar to retain BSAM Challenger crown 22-Dec-2023
Sharma scrapes past Tohgaonkar to retain BSAM Challenger crown Leg 2 - Winner - Raajeev Sharma

Reigning champion Raajeev Sharma of Malabar Hill Club  (+30 handicap) stole the thunder by constructing the highest break of 99 and quashed the aspirations of  Thane's rookie cueist Krishna Tohgaonkar (+30 handicap) by snatching a 4-3 win and retain his crown in the BSAM Snooker Challenger (Leg-2) 2023-2024, at the Bombay Gymkhana on Friday evening.

Sharma started in rousing fashion and after the massive effort in the second, he narrowly took the next to lead 3-0. But, the Thane contender who plays at Cue-In Snooker parlour won the following three frames to draw level at 3-all. Sharma won the decider to complete a nerve-wracking 74-63, 129(99)-32,  103-100, 84-96, 80-88,  53-86 and 101-84 triump…