KARACHI: Maintaining their stranglehold, Pakistan thrashed India 3-1 in the final to clinch World Snooker Team Cup for their second team title in four days as the curtain fell at Doha on Tuesday.

According to the results, Pakistan’s duo of Asjad Iqbal and Mohammad Bilal won the best of five frames title clash 64-11, 93-1, 23-79, 58-33 against Indian pair of Pankaj Advani and Laxman Rawat.

It may be mentioned that Pakistan 2 combination of Zulfiqar A Qadir and Babar Masih defeated India 1 by 3-2 scoreline in the preceding final to win the Asian Team Event crown.

All in all, Pakistan returned with a haul of two golds, a silver and three bronze medals from back-to-back four competitions, The team returns on Wednesday morning.

Results:

Final: Pakistan bt India 3-1 (64-11, 93-1, 23-79, 58-33).

Semi-finals: Pakistan bt Qatar 1 3-1 (48-59, 75-0, 109-1, 64-35); India bt Ireland 3-2 (57-59, 7-76, 101-9, 66-16, 75-34).

Published in Dawn, July 3rd , 2019