Bengal Premier
League 2016
REPORT
:: 13 August 2016
Snooking
Shooters wins the Inaugural Bengal Premier League
BEST PLAYER OF
LEAGUE - MOHD. SHOAIB KHAN; HIGHEST BREAK PRIZE TO BRIJESH DAMANI FOR 116
Team Snooking Shooters receiving Winners'
Trophy
Snooking Shooters, led by
its marquee player Siddharth Parikh and owned by Manoj Agarwal, won the first
edition of the Bengal Premier League (Cue Sports) defeating The Rockets 3-1 in
the finals. The league was organized by West Bengal Billiards Association and
the Bengal Rowing Club, Kolkata.
Snooking Shooters had already secured the berth in final
after defeating Cue Magicians 3-1 in the morning session match and in the final
they took on The Rockets team owned by Rishabh Dugar having marquee player India
No.3 Sundeep Gulati of Delhi.
The first frame was well capitalized by Siddharth Parikh where he scored 85
against 24 of Gulati and took initial lead. In the second frame, The Rockets
restored parity when Akram Khan outplayed Debashish Mukhopadhyay 100-61.
The Doubles Frame was crucial for both the teams and here Snooking
Shooters with Siddharth Parikh and Wangchuk Bhutia kept the upper hand
throughout and defeated the Rockets’ duo Sandeep Gulati and Shakil Ahmed 61-36.
Fourth frame was mere formality where Neeraj Sharma of Snooking Shooters kept up
the momentum and defeated Rishabh Dugar 36-03 to wrap up the proceedings and win
the inaugural Bengal Premier League to pocket Rs.5.5 Lakh grand prize money.
Mohd. Shoaib Khan was adjudged
Best Player of the League
For the best performance throughout the league,
Kolkata based player Mohd. Shoaib Khan of Cue Magicians adjudged the best player
of the league.
Highest break prize was given to Brijesh Damani of Satrangi Squad for his
sparkling break of 116 earlier.
Brijesh Damani of Satrangi Squad
receives Highest Break Prize
Cue Magicians and Pappu Penguin finishes as No.3
and 4.
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