Rishab Pandya, Rehan Shaikh steal thunder

Pune, Nov 26 (UNI) Rishabh Pandya's highest tournament break of fifty saw Spring Club, Mumbai derail Daund Railway Institute 3-0 after their well-earned 2-1 win earlier over Nasikites in the 'PYC ATC Snooker Challenge' league here today.

Rehan looked well set to cross the 100 break mark after the break of 50, but lost momentum with four reds and clearance remaining on the table. The Spring Club making their maiden appearance, however, maintained their lead with two straight wins in Group D'.

Hot on the heels of Spring Club were Nasikites, another team led from the front by former national player Rehan Shaikh, who has picked up the cue after six years of lay off from the game.

Presently practicing at Nashik Gymkhana, Rehan, after losing his first match to Spring Club's Karan Anand in straight frames, came on his own winning two of his matches on a trot.

Rehan also had a break of 49 against Manoj Shaikh of Pune Markers, in their two matches victories over Daund Railway Institute and Pune Markers to remain in the hunt to qualify for the knock-out.

Group D': Spring Club-Mumbai bt Nasikites: 2-1; Karan Anand bt Pankaj Khatri 65-7, 65-55; Gautam Kshatriya w/o Mrinal Modak ; Rishabh Pandya bt Rehan Shaikh 60-33, 73-22; Spring Club bt Daund Railways: S.Gurumurthy w/o Leo Narcis, Rishabh Pandya bt S P K 72-26, 89 (50)-9; Karan Anand bt Amit Randive 76 (48)-17, 56-22; Nasikities bt Pune Markers 2-1: Gautam Kshatriya lost to Michael Francis 66-22, 24, 52, 51-73; Pankaj Khatri bt Kumar Shinde 50-9, 59-43, Rehan Shaikh bt Manoj Kadam 51-46, 45, 83, 82(49)-9; Nasikities bt Turf Club B':3-0: Rehan Shaikh bt Kayomoz Chindhi 54-13, 56-27, Pankaj Khatri bt Yusuf Darvesh 59-61, 67-55, 59-18; Gautam Kshatriya bt Johhnny Kane 43-54, 74-16, 73-18; Group H' Zip Sports-Mumbai bt Gamers AnonymousA' 3-0: Vimal Thakkar bt Samir Gujjar 61-38, 57-41; Sunny Dawar bt Arvind Mirajkar 66-47, 37-34; Siddarth Parikh bt Mohan Jagtap 22-63, 77-52, 38-27; Zip Sports bt Pool Around B' 3-0: Sunny Dawar bt Manoj Gadgil 63-34, 58-49, Siddarth Parikh bt Kapil Gupta 74-28, 54-33, Varun Taneja bt Ninad Pate 64-52, 56-30; Group B' Prestige-Mumbai bt Gamers Anonymous C' 2-1: Jaideep Deshpande bt Kailash Kelkar 7-25, 27-68, 48-12; Pradyumna Mehendale bt Aman Shetty 61-7, 23-62, 67-32; V.P. Damle lost to Harshendu Giri 24-49, 26-63.

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