After ICC WT20 cricket and Sultan Azlan Shah Cup hockey, India have successfully prevailed over arch-rivals Pakistan yet again, as they went head-to-head in the first semi-final of the Asian Team Snooker Championship 2016 currently being held in Abu Dhabi. With a commanding 3-0 win against Pakistan-1, the Indian team stormed into the finals of the tournament, where they will face Iran-1 on Thursday to decide the ultimate winner.
Riding on a consistent display by cueists Pankaj Advani and Aditya Mehta, India had already accomplished a massive 3-0 [88-15,67-19,52-21] rout of UAE-1 in the quarter-finals to set up their semi-final clash. Picking up right from where they had left things in the last eight, the Indian team didn’t leave an inch to the Pakistani side to settle today.
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Aditya Mehta started proceedings with a 73-16 thrashing of Muhammad Asif in the first encounter of the contest. Next up, it was the 6-red champion Pankaj Advani’s turn to scintillate as he ousted Asjad Iqbal 83-25 in what turned out to be a heavily one-sided match-up.
Finally, the two aces paired up to take on the Pakistani duo in the closing doubles game which they clinched via a dominating 92-8 scoreline to seal the tie 3-0 in their favour.
