5 Indian sporting heroes who deserve a biopic

#4 Pankaj Advani

Advani retired from pro snooker in 2014 as he decided to focus on playing billiards.

Billiards player Pankaj Advani has several feats to his name. And the interesting facts about him are worth a read.

After losing his father at the age of six, Pankaj was introduced to the sport by his elder brother Dr. Shree Advani, a noted Sport & Performance Psychologist. Advani’s Coach Arvind Savur rejected him the first time he went to him because he was too short. But later he overlooked that and took him under his wings.

He won his first title at just 12 years of age, going on to make new records. At 18 years of age, he became the youngest Indian to win the IBSF World Snooker Championship on October 25, 2003, in Jiangmen, China.

Advani won the IBSF World Billiards Championship in 2005 at Qawra, Malta, where he became the first to achieve a "grand double" by winning both the time and point formats, a feat he repeated at the 2008 event in Bangalore.

Advani retired from pro snooker in 2014 as he decided to focus on playing billiards. So many acclamations and such little popularity, this man deserves your attention.