Shrikrishna wins his maiden national title

At the end, the scoreline read: 326 (54, 55) - 283 (52).

From the outset, Shrikrishna played an attacking game. Starting off from a cannon, he made the first break of 54 points. However, after a few visits, Ishpreet countered that and made a break of 52 points, but once again Shrikrishna exhibited excellent shots and made another break of 55 points.

After that Shrikrishna maintained his lead, and kept scoring at regular intervals to get closer to the national title.

Finally, the timer rang and Shrikrishna became the National Champion of the Sub-Junior Billiards category for the year 2015.

SUB-JUNIOR SNOOKER:

Shivam Parashar from Haryana beat Gujarat's player Raghav Agarwal 2-1 in a very exciting Round of 32 match in Sub-Junior Snooker category.

Shivam Parashar had no problem in winning the first frame, but he lost the second frame by a narrow margin (49-57) and landed into the decider.

In the decider, Raghav gave him a very tough fight and was leading by 8 points with all colour balls on table. At that stage, Shivam planted a challenging snooker, which awarded him 12 points and lead over Raghav.

However, Raghav tried to pull the match but couldn't succeed and Shivam potted all colour balls till pink in couple of visits and moved into Last 16 stage.

In the Junior Billiards main round which started on Monday, Ishpreet Chadha of Maharashtra reached the Pre-quarters after getting a walkover from Tanurag Gautam of Chandigarh.

Jagadesh B. of Tamil Nadu registered an easy win over Rishab Gulati of Delhi 432-138. Jagadesh made two breaks of 50 and 68 points.

SCORES

NATIONAL SUB-JUNIOR SNOOKER

(PQ)

Shrikrishna (TN) bt Abhinav Singh (UKD). Frame: Shrikrishna: 57-24, 77(54)-13

(R-32)

Shrikrishna (TN) bt Anshul Agarwal (MP). Frame: Shrikrishna: 92-17, 65-55.

Abhinav Singh (UKD) bt Mehul Saini (HR). Frame: Abhinav: 54-22, 24-59, 43-37

Rohan Sahni (MH) bt Sumair (AP). Frame: Rohan: 68-14, 58-46

Taaha Khan (MH) bt Bhavin Sanaiya (GJ). Frame: Taaha: 42-40, 54-43

Kartik Dhingra (DL) bt Akil Rajani (GJ). Frame: Kartik: 43-58, 59-21, 70-53

Shobhit Sethi (PB) bt Sparsh Pherwani (MH). Frame: Shobhit: 56-24, 62-23

Tanveer Dhawan (WB) bt KKR Venkatesh (TN). Frame: Tanveer: 54-20, 63-15

Johnson Narsidani (GJ) bt Rajesh Kumar (ASM). Frame: Johnson: 77-33, 55-40

Ishpreet Chadha (MH) bt S Arvind Raja (TN). Frame: Ishpreet: 90(40)-5,90-7

Shivam Parashar (HR) bt Raghav Agarwal (GJ). Frame: Shivam: 59-24,49-57,54-34

Hritik Jain (MP) bt Sumehr Mago (MH). Frame: Hritik: 66-14, 56-9

Malav Parikh (GJ) bt Kartik M. (KTK). Frame: Malav: 63-16, 66-42

Kaavya Bharath (TN) bt Parambrahma Subudhi (OR). Frame: Kaavya: 66-13, 47-17

Md. Hussain Khan (MP) bt Md. Shoaib (WB). Frame: Hussain: 59-23, 76-24

Harmehr Mago (MH) bt Tridip Deka (ASM). Frame: Mago: 16-49,63-43,53-52

Mandeep Singh (UP) bt Aditya Bhalla (DL). Frame: Mandeep: 51-43,75-23

NATIONAL JR BILLIARDS (90 mins) (R32)

Ishpreet Chadha (MH) W/O Tanurag Gautam (CH).

Md. Hussain Khan (MP) bt Anubhav Shukla (UP) 254-159.

E.Sunder Raj (TN) bt ) Sahil Arora (OR) 410-163.

Arjun Mehta (KTK) bt M.B. Ashutosh (TLGN) 301-245.

Nikhil Pise (KTK) bt Mandeep Singh (UP) 300(49, 92)-179.

Kaavya Bharath (TN) bt Rohit Yadav (ASM) 479-296.

Avinash Sharma (DL) bt Md. Shoaib (WB) 305-140.

Nikhil Saigal (MH) bt M. Manikishore (AP) 317-177.

Jagadesh B. (TN) bt Rishabh Gulati (DL). 432(50,68)-138

Laukik Pathare (MH) bt Rajwardhan Joshi (MH) 411-249.

Hritik Jain (MP) bt Animesh Fatehpuria (WB) 415-221.

Johnson Narsidani (GJ) bt Mohit Pal (PB) 435-195.

Shrikrishna (TN) bt Barun K. Naik (OR). ______

Malav Parikh (GJ) bt Md. Shoaib Khan (WB) 360-245.

Sparsh Pherwani (MH) W/O Dhiraj (TLGN).

M.L. Laxman (KTK) bt Rajesh Kumar (ASM) 498-166.

(PRELIMS)

E.Sunder Raj (TN) bt Dhirendra Baid (WB) 357-158.

Rohit Yadav (ASM) bt Raghav Agarwal (GJ) 243-217.

Avinash Sharma (DL) bt Shivam Parashar (HR) 127-58.

Laukik Pathare (MH) bt Ajinkya (HR) 320-166.

Malav S. Parikh (GJ) W/O Vikrant Kapoor (PB).

Sparsh Pherwani (MH) bt Vidit Jain (AP) 303-205.