Mohammad Ishtiaq ousts Khurram Agha in final: Sindh Cup Snooker Championship at Aly’s Snooker Parlor

Tuesday, January 24th, 2012 8:57:02 by Zeeshan Gohar

Mohammad Ishtiaq ousts Khurram Agha in final: Sindh Cup Snooker Championship at Aly’s Snooker Parlour

The crowd present at Aly’s Snooker Parlour saw an outstanding display of snooker skills from a mere amateur, Mohammad Ishtiaq, who played impressively showing his snooker genius and ousted
the defending champion, Khurram Agha, by the score line of 6-2 in the final to win the 20th Sindh Cup Snooker Championship.

The 21-year-old Ishtiaq put up a superb show against international potter, Agha and was able to nudge him four frames down at the end of the final. The first session of the match up was
a topsy-turvy affair as both potters tried to grab early lead in the match. At the end of the first session, before the interval, the scores were 2-2 level.

Agha moved into one frame lead when he took the first scrappy frame by the score line of 27-65. Ishtiaq, on the other hand, was under pressure but the youngster did not lose his focus
and grabbed the second frame 80-35 to pull level at 1-1. Agha bounced back in the third frame to win by 0-110 after pocketing some excellent knocks and led 1-2.

Ishtiaq was in good shape so he did not let any pressure trouble his game play. He played terrifically after losing third frame and managed to claim fourth frame victory by 69-40 and equalised
the scores 2-2. After that, it was all Ishtiaq show as the youngster swept the table in no time and clinching next four frames, finished the match by 6-2 and claimed the provincial title.

The overall frame score line of the match was 27-65, 80-35, 0-110, 69-40, 80-79, 56-43, 65-42 and 58-49.

Secretary General Sindh Billiards and Snooker Association, Sikander Ali awarded Ishtiaq a glittering trophy along with the cash prize of Rs. 25000, while Khurram pocketed Rs.15000 and
a runner-up trophy.

Meanwhile the semi-finalists, Farrukh Usman and Jawed Ansari, grabbed Rs.6000 each. Besides, Vishan Gir and Muhammad Akmal and four other top cueists of the championship have also qualified
for the National Snooker Championship which will commence next month.