Bengal Premier League 2016

REPORT :: 09 August 2016

Elvy 147 outclass Shooting Stars

SATRANGI DID WELL IN THE LAST

Manish Jain

Multiple time West Bengal State Champion Manish Jain of Shooting Stars was in superb form on second day of Bengal Premier League and blazed two crackling breaks of 72 and 65 in two different matches.

In the first match against Shooting Stars, the score was 2-all and Manish had the responsibility of the crucial decider frame where he had to face former World Billiards Champion and Arjuna Awardee Rupesh Shah. But Manish was completely focused and without wasting much time, he cracked up with a magnificent break of 72 and saved the match for Elvy 147.

Later also his momentum was same but the team had lost against Snooking Shooters 1-3 and at that stage, he summed up with a break of 65 points against Vikrant Gupta to narrow down the losing margin.

The day saw another upset when Brijesh Damani-led Satrangi Squad was handed a shock defeat by The Rockets who crushed them 4-1. The game started on a positive note with Damani leading at a point of time but Gulati made a strong comeback to beat him 65-51 on the first frame. From there on, Damani’s team completely lost their momentum and went on to lose their next three frames 100-48, 75-05, 32-16 before grabbing the consolation last frame 70-65 by Shreevardhan Poddar.


Brijesh Damani

However, Satrangi Squad made a strong comeback in late evening match and defeated City Knights 3-2. The doubles frame was exciting that that stretched till the last. In the end, an excellent pink pot by Brijesh and controlled black pot by Rohit Rajghariya put them ahead of City Knights.

Terence Mack pulled the 6Reds frame for City Knights to make it 2-all but Rahul Berlia held the nerve and won it 67-20.

Rahul Berlia

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