KARACHI: Pakistan No 2 Sohail Shehzad, a former Asian Games team event bronze medallist, stormed back from 1-3 down to send Egyptian cueist Karim Abdelmeguid packing 4-3 in the International Billiards and Snooker Federation (IBSF) 6-Reds Championship at Sharm-el-Sheikh on Saturday.

According to results made available here, Sohail, who won his group D opener against Mohammad Qureshi of Mozambique by default following a walkover, struggled to win against Egyptian player 9-49, 25-36, 40-21, 20-34, 39-7, 33-15, 33-23.

He has yet to play two more matches of the group against Afghanistan’s Mohammad Rais Senzahi and Indian Bharat Sissodia.

National champion Mohammad Bilal, also demolished an Egyptian Ashraf El Gharib 4-0 to open his account in group X. He was home 42-1, 50-0, 35-0, 30-0.

It is pertinent to mention that Bilal had lost to Darren Morgan of the Wales 2-4 in his group opener.

Meanwhile, the Pakistan 2 pair of Sohail and Bilal suffered astonishing 1-4 defeat at the hands of India 8 in their third team event match played on Friday.

Having won two earlier matches, Pakistan’s second string failed to maintain the pace as Indians were home 69--1, 49-78, 92-41, 87-31, 71-16.

Pakistan 1 (Babar Masih and Asjad Iqbal) handed straight 5-0 defeats to Egypt 3 and Jordan respectively.

Results:

Team event:

Pakistan 1 bt Egypt 3 5-0 (72-24, 54-28, 88-9, 72-1, 69-8); India 8 bt Pakistan 2 4-1 (69--1, 49-78, 92-41, 87-31, 71-16); Pakistan 1 bt Jordan 5-0 (79-8, 72-25, 78-46, 65-16, 44-9).

6-Reds:

Sohail Shehzad bt Karim Abdelmeguid (Egypt) 4-3 (9-49, 25-36, 40-21, 20-34, 39-7, 33-15, 33-23);

Mohammad Bilal bt Ashraf El Gharib (Egypt) 4-0 (42-1, 50-0, 35-0, 30-0).

Published in Dawn, July 24th, 2016