Ishpreet Singh Chadha has got into the knack of manipulating his cue in a wonderful way to achieve snooker sport’s ultimate break of 147. On Thursday, he carved a 147 in the fifth frame to subdue Pushpender Singh in a pre-quarter-final match of the NSCI Rs.32 lakh prize money Baulkline 4.0 all India snooker tournament at the NSCI Dome. Chadha won 118 (105)-1, 74-25, 88(65)-9, 82 (82)-20, 147(147), 44-78, 91-27.
Very recently Chadha had cracked a 147 against Dilip Kumar in the CCI Snooker Classic.
In an action-packed match, Digvijay Kadian outwitted S. Shrikrishna 6-3. Kadian, 22, is one among the brightest talents in India. After nudging out Kreish Gurbaxani in a round of 32 match, he went on to show his wherewithal to beat Shrikrishna. In another pre-quarter-final match, Sourav Kothari breezed past Dhaj Haria 6-1.
Results (pre-quarter-finals) Digvijay Kadian bt S. Shrikrishn (24-113 (40, 73*) 65-60, 60 -21, 64 -49, 2-105 (80), 73-21, 72-43, 50 -66, 63-27; Himanshu Jain bt Shoaib Khan 6-0 (81-21,72-49, 61-46, 65-61, 59-17, 68-17, Sourav Kothari bt Dhvaj Haria 6-1 50-70,54-34, 100-0, 103-12, 84-45, 75-52, 70-46).
Round 32: S. Shrikrishna bt Nitesh Madan 5-1, Paras Gupta by Rayan Razmi 5-4; Aditya Mehta bt Dilip Kumar 5-3, Pankaj Advani bt Sparsh Pherwani 5-1, Sourav Kothari bt Krishna Tohgaonkar 5-2, Kamal Chawla bt Shoaib Khan 5-1, Ishpreet Singh Chadha bt Saad Syed 5-1, Shabaz Khan bt Kreish Gurbaxani 5-1, Pushpeder Singh bt Vijay Nichani 5-2, Digvijay Kadian by Brijesh Damani 5-2.
