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Turned Professional in the year 2007

Highest Qualification in Sports

23 time World Champion:

World Billiards - 15

World Snooker - 03

World 6Reds - 02

World Team Billiards - 01

World Team Snooker - 01

World Cup of Team Snooker - 01

33 National titles (overall)

Highest Break

Billiards - 1093 (In ECA Billiards Championship 2019)

Snooker - 145 (In Lucknow Nationals 2014)

Record

The only cueist winning World titles in all possible formats of Billiards and Snooker.

The second cueist after Paul Mifsud who has both titles in pocket. IBSF World Billiards and IBSF World Snooker.

Second Indian cueist to win IBSF World Snooker after O.B. Agarwal.

Second and only Indian cueist to have World Professional Billiards title after Geet Sethi.

Tournament Records

- 2017 Kolkata Open National Invitation Snooker Championship - Winner

- 2011 Asian Snooker Championship, Indore (India) - Semi Finalist

- 2011 Asian Billiards Championship, Kish Island (Iran) - Quarter Finalist

- 2010 IBSF World Snooker (Men) Championship - Runner-Up

- 2010 World Pro Billiards Championship :: Leeds (UK) - Quarter Finalist

- 2010 77th Indian National Snooker Championship - Winner

- 2010 77th Indian National Billiards Championship - Runner-Up

- 2010 IBSF World Billiards Championship (Time Format) - Bronze Medalist

- 2010 IBSF World Billiards Championship (Point Format) - Runner-Up (Silver Medalist)

- 2010 Nahar Group-MIG Club Invitation Snooker Championship - Runner-up

- 2010 9th Asian Billiards Championship, Pune, India - Winner

- 2010 1st Indian National 6-Red Snooker Championship - Winner

- 2009 VIP MATRIX All India Invitation Snooker Championship, Chennai - Semi Finalist

- 2009 IBSF World Snooker (Men) Championship - Top 32

- 2009 3rd Indoor Asian Games English Billiards (Individual) - Bronze Medal

- 2009 76th Indian National Snooker Championship - Winner

- 2009 76th Indian National Billiards Championship - Winner

- 2009 World Pro Billiards Championship :: Leeds (UK) - Winner

- 2009 G.Raman Nair Annual Billiards Championship 2009 - Runner-up

- 2009 8th Asian Billiards Championship, Pune, India - Winner

- 2009 CCI Platinum Jubilee Snooker Championship - Winner

- 2008 75th Indian National Snooker Championship - Winner

- 2008 75th Indian National Billiards Championship - Winner

- 2008 IBSF World Snooker (Men) Championship - Quarter Finals

- 2008 ASCA - All India Invitation Snooker Championship :: Chennai - Winner

- 2008 IBSF World Billiards Championship (Time Format) :: Bangalore (India) - Winner

- 2008 IBSF World Billiards Championship (Point Format) :: Bangalore (India) - Winner

- 2008 World Pro Billiards Championship :: Leeds (UK) - Quarter Finalist

- 2008 Australian Open Billiards Championship 2008 - Winner

- 2008 3rd PCL-Manisha Invitation Snooker Championship - Quarter Finalist

- 2008 24th Asian Snooker Championship - Rank 4

- 2008 7th Asian Billiards Championship - Winner

- 2008 Yasin Merchant Classic Doubles Snooker Tournament - WINNER (Partner :: Manan Chandra)

- 2008 Dillipan Memorial 9Ball Pool Tournament - Pre-Quarter Finalist (Top 16)

- 2007 74th Indian National Billiards Championship - Winner

- 2007 74th Indian National Snooker Championship - Winner

- 2007 Indoor Asian Games English Billiards - Quarter Final

- 2007 IBSF World Billiards Champion - Time format

- 2005 Asian Billiards Champion

- 1999 Pot Shot non-Medalist Champion

Cue in use

Master Cue - Pro Butt

Club

Karnataka State Billiards Association

Other Activities

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Hobbies

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