KARACHI, Feb 15: Third seed Mohammad Ishtiaq stormed back from 2-3 down to stun top seed Agha Bilawal in a gruelling seven-frame battle to land the Sindh Juniors Cup snooker title at the Aly’s snooker parlour on Sunday.

Ishtiaq was home 4-3, frame scores being 53-15, 22-67, 60-45, 34-81, 27-55, 68-58, 65-48, to claim his maiden provincial title.

The top eight cueists have qualified for the National Juniors Snooker Championship which starts at Karachi Club from Feb 22. Those who have qualified were Mohammad Ishtiaq, Agha Bilawal, Azeem Yousuf, Yasir Khan, Mohammad Salman, Mohammad Fahad, Asadullah Rogatia and Ahsan Raza.

Result (final):

Mohammad Ishtiaq bt Agha Bilawal

4-3 (53-15, 22-67, 60-45, 34-81, 27-55, 68-58, 65-48).