Alok Kumar - PSPB

Former national champion Alok Kumar of PSPB rallied from a 5-9 deficit to storm into the final of Otters Club All India 9-Ball Pool Tournament 2016.

Leading 4-1 following a dream start in the first semi-final against Faisal Khan of Railways, Alok surprisingly went down 5-9 after missing multiple opportunities.

On the other side Faisal maintained a steady lead and held on grimly at 10-6 and 11-9 before his troubles began in the 21st rack where he fouled on brown (7) Alok recovered to 10-11.

Pressure has started mounting on Faisal and again he missed the red (3) and Alok capitalized to level the match 11-all.

Though Faisal kept his hopes alive with a 12-11 lead when Alok missed the black (8) but later he came back strongly once again to push Faisal on the back seat and set the stage for a nail-biting finish. In decider, Alok potted the orange (5) that sank in tantalizingly and in the process changed the script for a dramatic 13-12 win.

In the final, Alok will now meet the foreign invitee player, Kelly Fisher from England. Kelly knocked out Delhi based Monu Chaudhary 13-5 to reach the final.


Kelly Fisher - England

In the second semi-final, Monu won the first rack but after that Kelly changed the entire scenario and maintained good lead of 9-3. Though Monu managed to clinch two more racks but it was too late for him to recover as Kelly was quick to seal the match 13-5.