Khar gymkhana

Khar Gym Western India Snooker: Ace cueist Pankaj Advani of ONGC extended his dominance on the green baize as he completed a grand double by winning the Senior snooker title in the Khar Gymkhana Western India Billiards and Snooker Championships 2024.

The calm and composed Advani, the proud owner of 27 World titles, showed a steely resolve to shrug off a strong challenge from Railway’s lanky bespectacled cueist Kamal Chawla 6-4 in a long drawn close-to-seven-hours final played at the Khar Gymkhana Billiards Hall on Sunday night. Advani sealed his win with the frame scores reading 11-72, 31-58, 95-40, 52-42, 69-43, 43-74, 22-59, 75-62, 84-58, and 58-10 in his favour.

The Bengaluru-based Advani who had earlier in the day defeated S. Shrikrishna in the three-hour session billiards final has now won seven consecutive titles (four snooker and three billiards) in Mumbai over the past two years.