Dhruv Sitwala defeated Kamal Chawla 667-250 for his second win in Group-E of the All India CCI Billiards Traditional 2024. | Credit: FPJ
Indian Nationwide champion Dhruv Sitwala recorded his second successive win defeating Kamal Chawla 667-250 in second spherical Group-E league match of the All India CCI Billiards Traditional 2024, performed on the CCI’s Wilson Jones billiards corridor on Thursday.
On an adjoining desk, Mumbai challenger Rohan Jambusaria scored a surprising victory towards former World champion Sourav Kothari of Kolkata by carving out a satisfying 520-403 success in a Group-F encounter.
In the meantime, Raayan Razmi additionally registered his second win as he bought the higher of Rovin D’Souza by a cushty 820-234 victory in all-Mumbai Group-A contest and on one other desk, Gujarat’s Dhvaj Haria compiled breaks of 189,103,176, 71 and 90 enroute to a fluent 894-276 win towards Raajeev Sharma in Group-G match.
Final 12 months’s runner-up Rob Corridor of England performed steadily and simply defeated CCI cueist Nishant Dossa 644-293 in a Group-B match. The Englishman didn’t carry out his finest however nonetheless managed to roll in breaks of 77, 82, 57, 57, 89 and 95.
The left-handed India primary Sitwala who was not at his finest loved a marginal lead initially. However he immediately produced a stable 220 break on the midway stage which helped him seize a large lead. Thereafter he continued to take care of the momentum and with breaks of 83, 83, 56 and 82 went on to shut out the competition and guarantee a spot within the pre-quarter-finals.
In a battle between former World champions Rupesh Shah managed to beat Ashok Shanidlya by an in depth 473-362 margin in a low-scoring Group-B match.
In different matches, S. Shrikrishna a former Junior Nationwide champion defeated Mumbai’s Akshay Gogri 947-302 in a Group-E conflict and seasoned Punjab cueist Alok Kumar rallied to document a preventing win towards Mumbai’s Rushabh Kumar snatching a decent 437-412 victory in a closely-fought Group-F encounter.