“Otters BSAM Snooker League 2018 styled by Z3”
Rayaan’s impressive showing helps Radio ‘Fusions’ score close victories
12-Jul-2018
Rayaan Razmi
Mumbai: Youngster Rayaan Razmi excellent, consistent showing and his match-winning performances helped Radio ‘Fusion’ clinch identical 3-2 margin of victories, in both the home away fixtures against DG ‘Fighters’ in Section-C second round league matches, during the second week of the Otters-BSAM Snooker League 2018, co-supported by Z3 Zodiac Clothing and organized by the Billiards and Snooker Association of Maharashtra.
The 16-year-old Rayaan, the Maharashtra State number one ranked junior snooker and billiards player, showed great character by successfully winning all his four frames, including two crucial match-deciding frames, which earned Radio Club five points, including a bonus point for winning both the ties.
Playing on the home tables, Rayaan (+30 handicap) compiled a tidy break of 31 and outplayed Abhinay Edke (+25) 111-38 in winning the first frame and put his team in front. But, Rayaan’s younger brother Shahyan Razmi (+45) lost the second to Ashish Jain (+60) by a close 94-121 margin. Later, Rayaan’s father Neville Razmi combined well with Anuj Mahajan (+24) to defeat the visiting team’s combination of Kiran Chedda and Aashit Pandya (+21) 68-47 to regain the lead.
The visitors once again leveled the scores when Ashish Jain for the second time prevailed over Shahyan 120-81 and to force the deciding fifth frame. Displaying steely nerves Rayaan managed to once again overcome Abhinay Edke, by a narrow 68-60 scoreline to seal Radio Club’s win.
In the away match, Shahyan’s poor run continued as he lost the opening frame to Jain 89-107 before his brother Rayaan produced another terrific performance to snatch a tight 72-70 win against Pandya in the second frame. Radio Club went on to take a 2-1 lead when their doubles pair of Anuj Mahajan and Rajesh Mehrotra (+29) defeated Kiran Chedda and Abhinay Edke (+21) 73-58. In the fourth frame, Anees Jumani (+35), who replaced Shahyan also came a cropper and lost to Jain (+60) 98-112.
In the final fifth frame, Rayaan once again rose to the challenge and this time tamed Edke 83-65 to complete a satisfying victory for the Radio Club team.
In other matches, MCF ‘Tough Men’ did not drop a frame in recording 3-0 wins against CRMI ‘Star Blue’ in both Section-D matches. ECC ‘Elfies Stars’ also enjoyed a good fruitful second round scoring 3-1 wins against WRSA in both the home and away matches in Section-F.
Results - 2nd round (Section A to H):
Section-A: MCF ‘Dark Knights’ Vs Otters Rockets’ - home 1-3, away 0-3.
Section-B: MBPT Sports ‘Potalyast’ Vs CCI ‘Snooker Boys’ - 3-0, 3-1.
Section-C: Radio ‘Fusion’ Vs DG ‘Fighters’ - 3-2, 3-2.
Section-D: CRMI ‘Star Blue’ Vs MCF ‘Tough Men’ - 0-3, 0-3.
Section-E: MBPT Sports ‘Snookyst’ Vs CCI ‘X-Men’ - 3-2, 0-3.
Section-F: WRSA Vs ECC ‘Elfies Stars’ - 1-3, 1-3.
Section-G: NSCI ‘Cue Masters’ vs ARC ‘Cheetahs’ - 1-3, 1-3.
Section-H: DG ‘Avengers’ Vs Dadar Club ‘Fighters’ - 1-3, 2-3.