Mukhtar, Shahani fall in Sindh Snooker Cup

E-Paper | May 03, 2026

KARACHI, Dec 19: Two-time former Sindh champion Mukhtar Khan and S. S. Shahani, seeded fourth in the knockout draw, fell prey to outsiders on the third day of the 21st Sindh Snooker Cup at a local parlour on Wednesday.

Faheem Raja sent Mukhtar packing 52-40, 54-31, 52-20 to surge into second round while Danish conceded third frame in 3-1 victory over Shahani the scores being 51-16, 81-39, 22-63, 74-22.

Results: First round: Danish bt S. S. Shahani 3-1 ((51-16, 81-39, 22-63, 74-22); Rizwan Hashmi bt Umair 3-1 (42-57, 76-6, 94-87, 60-15); Naveed Ahmed bt M. Zeeshan Khan 3-1 (50-52, 54-20, 55-11, 65-23); Shahab Yar Khan bt Falak Sher 3-0 (70-11, 84-32, 69-46); Wajahatullah bt Zeeshan Karim 3-1 (81-8, 63-31, 44-70, 65-23); M. Yasir Khan bt M. Ayaz 3-2 (34-64, 59-33, 57-33, 61-66, 54-40); M. Yasir bt Zia-ul-Haq 3-1 (24-74, 61-16, 53-39, 55-46); Akbar Shah bt Adham 3-0 (63-9, 51-21, 63-24); Mahtab bt Dilawar Khan 3-0 (65-29, 54-25, 63-51); Faheem Raja bt Mukhtar Khan 3-0 ((52-40, 54-31, 52-20); Minhas Malik bt Samiullah Khan 3-0 (74-22, 43-14, 59-40); Naeem Butt bt M. Abdullah 3-1 (72-1, 58-56, 56-66, 77-55); Ghayas Malik bt Maqbool Shah 3-0 (58-19, 63-53, 70-21); Abdullah Noman bt Affan Ahmed Usmani 3-0 (66-32, 60-23, 64-14); Malik Waqas bt Taha Bin Karim 3-0 (55-49, 63-20,75-30); Maqsood Majeed bt Naeem Butt 3-2 (62-21, 54-20, 46-55, 39-48, 56-18); Syed Ameer Jan bt Masood Ahmed 3-2 (26-52, 68-8, 14-62, 56-46, 54-27); Ali bt Manzoor Alam 3-1 (66-64, 48-58, 70-26, 65-8); Jibran bt Atif Saeed 3-1 (56-87, 57-26, 68-17, 73-40); M. Khalid bt M. Abdullah Khan 3-1 (40-57, 75-66, 66-28, 66-36); M. Fahad Khan bt M. Obaid Majid 3-0 (65-3, 72-32, 40-21); Shahbaz bt Habibullah 3-0 (57-13, 61-34, 85-58); Shairi Mudassir bt Saadi Jan Khan 3-1 (14-47, 41-39, 45-25, 46-40); Salim Sohani bt M. Arsalan 3-0 (54-16, 61-22, 60-40); Zeeshan Abbas bt Shahid Nawaz Malik 3-1 (28-40, 80-21, 50-14, 74-65); Owais Siddiqui bt Waqar Malik 3-1 (68-21, 70-36, 38-70, 46-17); M. Baqar bt Bhatti 3-0 (69-36, 60-53, 60-36); Jamal Ahmed bt Shayan Ali 3-0 (55-10, 46-41, 64-33).

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