Kreishh Gurbaxani regains form to tame Tahaa Khan
Sparsh Pherwani began on the right track as he smoothly sailed past Aakash Padilkar.
Mumbai youngster Kreishh Gurbaxani regained his form and touch to breeze past Tahaa Khan of Pune 3-0 in the best-of-5-frame Group-G round-robin league match of the Maharashtra State Senior Snooker & Billiards Selection (leg-1) Championship at the Deccan Gymkhana in Pune.
The 16-year-old Khar Gymkhana cueist Gurbaxani, who had lost 0-3 to city mate Abhishek Bajaj in the opening match on Monday, was in total control and did well to pull off the win in three closely contested frames at 59-22, 59-50 and 59-53 to record his first win.
Sparsh Pherwani, another young cueist from Mumbai, also began on the right track as he smoothly sailed past Aakash Padilkar (Pune) 3-1 (69-33, 74-26, 33-68, 71-36) in a Group-F encounter.
Anand Raghuvanshi and Abhimanyu Gandhi, both from Mumbai made bright positive starts, comfortably winning the opening group matches. In a Group-C match, Anand tamed Rohan Kothare of Aurangabad 3-0 (73-46, 69-15, 65-51) and Abhimanyu prevailed over Gaurav Patange of Pune 3-1 (56-46, 53-21, 21-50, 73-34) in a Group-H tie.