KARACHI: Former Sindh champion Mohammad Faizan created a sensation when he humbled Islamabad-based eighth seed Shahram Changezi in the ninth National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) Ranking Snooker Cup at the bank’s sports complex on Wednesday.

Faizan, 30, demonstrated awesome form to whip Changezi 4-1 in group H match. He was home 75-35, 21-57, 60-25, 51-28, 82-54;

Playing his second match in the last session of the day, Faizan again came to upset former national champion Mohammad Bilal by stretching him to limits but in the end lost the battle 3-4. Bilal won the duel 59-33, 29-59, 19-59, 64-22, 14-78, 59-25, 60-36.

In another minor upset, former Khyber Pakhtunkhwa champion Sharjeel Mehmood sent international and 10th seed Babar Masih packing 4-2 the scores being 86-20, 54-65, 16-77, 61-24, 63-9, 81-8.

Meanwhile, two more century breaks, one each by Mohammad Asif and Abu Sain, were registered on the second day.

The former piled up a break of 111 against Punjab’s Umer Farooq in te second frame while winning the battle straight 112-7, 115-0, 89-29, 74-42. Saim also came up with a break of 101 in the sixth frame by getting the better of Farooq 4-2 (78-1, 42-66, 53-56, 62-30, 109-14, 102-30).

Results:

Haris Tahir (Punjab) bt Munawwar Khaliq (Islamabad) 4-0 (72-18, 85-17, 81-13, 57-22); Mohammad Majid Ali (Punjab) bt Shah Khan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 4-0 (61-53, 113-12, 64-43, 64-23); Sohail Shehzad (Sindh) bt Aakash Rafique (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 4-2 (70-60, 43-92, 84-1, 81-28, 7-76, 72-42); Mohammad Asif (Punjab) bt Umer Farooq (Punjab) 4-0 (112-7, 115-0, 89-29, 74-42); Mohammad Ahsan Javaid (Punjab) bt Sharjeel Mehmood (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 4-1 (50-60, 77-34, 65-47, 68-18, 76-17); Mohammad Faizan (Sindh) bt Shahram Changezi (Islamabad) 4-1 (75-35, 21-57, 60-25, 51-28, 82-54); Mohammad Bilal (Punjab) bt Shaikh Mohammad Mudassir (Punjab) 4-0 (54-21, 68-20, 65-39, 71-23); Agha Bilawal (Sindh) bt Mohammad Naseem Akhtar (Punjab) 4-1 (66-24, 56-42, 25-74, 49-28, 65-47);

Shahid Shafiq (Punjab) bt Amir Sohail (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 4-2 (14-73, 66-38, 112-4, 19-49, 76-17, 56-18); Mohammad Asif (Punjab) bt Aakash Rafique (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 4-0 (76-45, 95-22, 66-23, 109-19); Abu Saim (Punjab) bt Umer Farooq (Punjab) 4-2 (78-1, 42-66, 53-56, 62-30, 109-14, 102-30); Sharjeel Mehmood (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) bt Babar Masih (Punjab) 4-2 (86-20, 54-65, 16-77, 61-24, 63-9, 81-8); Zulfiqar A.Qadir (Sindh) bt Shaikh Mohammad Mudassir (Punjab) 4-0 (69-36, 53-43, 87-18, 84-25). Mohammad Bilal (Punjab) bt Mohammad Faizan (Sindh) 4-3 (59-33, 29-59, 19-59, 64-22, 14-78, 59-25, 60-36)Thursday’s fixtures:

At 10am: Mohammad Sajjad (Punjab) vAgha Bilawal (Sindh); Mohammad Ishtiaq (Sindh) v Mohammad Naseem Akhtar (Punjab); Asjad Iqbal (Punjab) vAmir Sohail (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa); Mubashir Raza (Punjab) vShahid Shafiq (Punjab).

At 12noon: Khurram H. Agha (Sindh) vMunawwar Khaliq (Islamabad); Abdul Sattar (Sindh) vHaris Tahir (Punjab); Nadir Mirran (Punjab) vMohammad Majid Ali (Punjab); Imran Shehzad (Punjab) v Shah Khan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa).

At 2pm: Shahid Aftab (Punjab) vSultan Mohammad (Sindh); Mohammad Ijaz (Punjab) vMohammad Saqib (Punjab); Sohail Shehzad (Sindh) vAbu Saim (Punjab); Aakash Rafique (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) vUmer Farooq (Punjab).

At 4pm: Mohammad Ahsan Javaid (Punjab) vMohammad Asif Toba (Punjab); Shahram Changezi (Islamabad) vZulfiqar A. Qadir (Sindh); Mohammad Faizan (Sindh) vShaikh Mohammad Mudassir (Punjab).

Published in Dawn, August 17th, 2017