Advani bags top spot in camp for Asian Billiards Championship

Reigning National billiards champion Pankaj Advani clinched the top spot in the selection camp for the Asian Billiards Championship held in Indore.

Advani, Rupesh Shah, Arun Agarwal, Devendra Joshi, Shruv Sitwala and defending champion Alok Kumar will represent the nation in the continental bash to be held in Goa from April 2-9.
Lalrina Rentheli, Himanshu Jain, ML Lakshman, Mundir Sherazi, Laxman Rawat and Lalit Dahiya made the cut for the Asian under-21 snooker championship to be held alongside the billiards event in Goa.

Advani will also play in the April 20-28 Asian Snooker Championship in Qatar with Kamal Chawla qualifying as the country’s number two. Aditya Mehta, who finished runner-up last year, earned an automatic ticket.

Billiards: Camp rankings: Pankaj Advani 1; Rupesh Shah 2; Arun Agarwal 3; Alok Kumar 4; Devendra Joshi 5;  Dhruv Sitwala 6; Sourav Kothari 7; Ashok Shandilya 8; B Bhaskar 9; Siddharth Parikh 10; V Subramanian 10.

Overall ranking: P Advani 1; Rupesh S 2; Arun Agarwal 3; Alok K 4; D Joshi 5; D Sitwala 6; B Bhaskar 7; S Kothari 8; A Shandilya 9; S Parikh 10; V Subramanian 10.

Snooker: Camp ranking: Aditya Mehta 1; Pankaj Advani 2; Kamal Chawla 3; Brijesh Damani 4; Lucky Vatnani 5; Siddharth Parikh 6; Shahbaaz Adil Khan 7; Rafath Habib 8; Himanshu Jain 9; Neeraj Kumar 10.
Overall ranking: A Mehta 1; P Advani 2; K Chawla 3; B Damani 4; L Vatnani 5; S Parikh 6; SA Khan 7; R Habib 8; H Jain 9; Neeraj K 10.