KARACHI: Former world champion Mohammad Yousuf suffered a 4-2 defeat at the hands of unknown Iftekhar Khan as the three-day league of the 29th Sindh Snooker Cup which commenced here at a local parlour on Tuesday.

Iftekhar conceded two frames before registering a 37-56, 67-38, 44-29, 68-44, 48-73, 46-26 victory over 69-year old veteran cueist.

Noted Sindh players Sohail Shehzad, Abdul Sattar and Agha Bilawal won their first-round matches while Jawed Ansari lost.

The three-day league concludes on Thursday and will be followed by the pre-quarterfinals.

Results:

League round: Mohammad Ali bt Fahad Khan 82-21, 68-25, 65-27, 60-34; Kashif Khan bt M. Shahbaz 100-5, 23-69, 63-9, 52-14, 70-42; Sohail Shehzad bt Naimul Naseer 74-20, 48-56, 52-64, 69-33, 80-32, 61-63, 62-16; Mohammad Rizwan Hashmi bt Rizwan Abbas 87-48, 77-13, 37-64, 71-18, 43-66, 70-27; Ian Mark John bt S. Meesam Zaidi 56-54, 29-62, 74-9, 61-40, 76-36; Ali Hamza bt Umer Butt 3-55, 62-55, 16-54, 25-60, 64-43, 62-22, 59-55; Ali Raza bt Farooq Ansari 65-38, 36-62, 54-15, 99-6, 57-33; Taufeeq Memon bt Shariq Ali 56-45, 51-48, 70-56, 18-62, 51-25; Abdul Sattar bt Umer Ismail 77-2, 57-58, 78-18, 71-13, 41-5; Iftekhar Khan bt Mohammad Yousuf 37-56, 67-38, 44-29, 68-44, 48-73, 46-26; Agha Bilawal bt Umer Mushtaq 53-52, 74-6, 65-32, 71-13; Umer Memon bt Hunain Memon 59-18, 65-10, 69-6, 68-8; Sultan Mohammad bt Nadir Shah 67-27, 44-16, 73-1, 39-0; Faizan Ahmed bt M. Jawed Ansari 43-58, 1-63, 62-33, 39-51, 67-2, 60-48, 80-33; Sheroz Zameer bt M. Zakir 57-54, 37-57, 32-71, 62-16, 44-5, 36-53, 66-39.

Published in Dawn, July 7th, 2021