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Revival of WI All-India Billiards & Snooker C’ship thrills Yasin Merchant
Updated On: 04 August, 2024 03:06 PM IST | Mumbai | Sundarii Iyer
Cuesport great has fond memories of the tournament, whose latest edition is being held at Khar Gymkhana after 33 years
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Yasin Merchant of India competes in the men’s snooker team competition at the 16th Asian Games in Guangzhou on November 15, 2010. Pic/AFP
Life has come full circle for cuesport great Yasin Merchant. The tournament which gave his career a boost as a 13-year-old has been revived by the Billiards & Snooker Association of Maharashtra (BSAM) after 33 years. Interestingly, in 1991, he won the Western India All-India Billiards & Snooker Championship, the last time the tournament was held before its revival.
This year it will be played at the Khar Gymkhana billiards hall from August 3-18, where a bevy of stars like India’s celebrated cueist Pankaj Advani, winner of 27 world titles, reigning Asian and National Billiards champion Dhruv Sitwala, national snooker champion Sourav Kothari, Aditya Mehta, Laxman Rawat, Rupesh Shah, Dhvaj Haria, Alok Kumar, Siddharth Parikh and S Srikrishna will vie for top honours in the senior billiards and snooker events. When asked what the tournament means to him, Merchant said it is very dear for multiple reasons.
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