With Pankaj Advani and Vidya Pillai raising their level of play, Chennai Strikers scored an emphatic 4-1 win over Delhi Dons in the Cue Slam Indian Cue Masters League on Sunday.
Advani won his icon 6-Red snooker match against the Dons’ Kelly Fisher to bring the Strikers its first win.
After an interesting first frame that the Strikers won 22-18 in the opening mixed-doubles 6-Red snooker, Advani and Vidya quickly won the second and the match against Manan Chandra and Kelly to take a 1-0 lead and Dharminder Lilly made it 2-0, winning his 9-ball pool against the Dons’ Malkeet Singh. Then after a short break Advani closed out the icon game singles against Kelly in two straight frames, while the Strikers’ mixed pair in 9-ball pool Vidya and Dharminder got the better of Laura Evans and Pushpinder Singh 2-0.
Iranian Amir Sarkhosh played a big part in Hyderabad Hustlers’ 4-1 win over Gujarat Kings by winning his 6-Red snooker icon match against Welshman Andrew Pagett and defeating Alk Kumar in the 9-ball pool match.
The results: Chennai Strikers beat Delhi Dons 4-1 ( 6-Red snooker: Pankaj Advani & Vidya Pillai bt Manan Chandra & Kelly Fisher 2-0 (22-18, 26-11); Advani bt Kelly 2-0 (31-19, 36-26), Faizal Khan lost to Manan Chandra 19-32; 9-ball pool: Dharminder Lilly bt Malkeet Singh 2-0; Lilly and Vidya by Laura Evans and Pushpinder Singh 2-0.
Hyderabad Hustlers bt Gujarat Kings 4-1( 6-Red snooker: Kamal Chawla & Amee Kamani bt Andrew Pagett & Daria Sirotina 2-0 (36-29, 25-19); Amir Sarkhosh bt Andrew Pagett 31-22, 41-28; Kamal Chawla bt Brijesh Damani 44-4; 9-ball pool: Amir Sarkhosh bt Alok kumar 2-0; Anuj Uppal and Amee Kamani lost to Alok Kumar and Daria Sirotina 0-2.
