World champion sandeep dive

Former World Champions Prashant More: World Champion Sandeep Dive of India has been given the top billing in the Rs 7 lakh prize-money Maharashtra Open Carrom Challenger, organized by Maharashtra Carrom Association (MCA) and scheduled to commence here from Tuesday.

Former World Champions Prashant More (India) is seeded second, Yogesh Pardeshi (India) is the third seed followed by R.M. Shankara (India) as the fourth seed. Mohammad Ghufran is seeded fifth. International players Mohd Moontasir and Ibrahim Ali, both challengers from Maldives are the sixth and seventh seeds while Sri Lanka’s Shaheed Hilmy is the eighth seed.

A total of 503 top-quality carrom players from 18 states across the country and overseas have confirmed their participation in this inaugural edition of this event, which consists of a men’s singles event.