Mumbai : PJHG ‘Hustlers’ produced a solid, fighting performance to record narrow 3-2 wins, in both their home and away matches, against MCF ‘Dark Knights’ in Section-E during the Mumbai Snooker League – 2015.
DG ‘Untouchables’ and ECC ‘Elfies Surprise’ enjoyed easy outings scoring identical 3-0 wins in the home and away fixtures against CRMI ‘Adaira’ in Section-B and Garware ‘Gunners’ in Section-D respectively.
In the home fixture between Hustlers and Dark Knights, Jignesh Thakkar (handicap +50) won the first frame defeating Mehul Sutaria (+50) 118-92 to give ‘Hustlers’ the lead. But they lost the next two frame, when Sanjay Jhaveri (+40) lost to Vatsal Ponda (+55) 64-97 and then in the doubles Devansh Jariwala/ Kirit Parikh (+50) also finished on the losing note going down to the ‘Dark Knights’ combination of Dharmesh Mistry/ Amit Joshi (+50) 99-113. With Hustlers trailing 1-2, Thakkar returned to the table for the fourth frame and easily accounted for Ponda winning 117-84 to put Hustlers of level terms. In the crucial decider Jhaveri potted steadily to tame Sutaria 107-62 and clinch the issue in favour of Hustlers 3-2.