Advani, Mehta at Petroleum Sports Championship

Pankaj Advani and Aditya Mehta have been playing in the Petroleum Sports Board Championship, which is for players sponsored by India's oil and gas companies and is being held at the Sports Club of Gujarat, Ahmedaba.

Advani was defeated in the billiards semi finals by eventual winner Devendra Joshi.

There were 5 matches in the snooker tournament today (for sponsored players - there's also a competition for unsponsored employees which was won by Arif Akhtar of Indian Oil). Results (and company affiliations):

Pankaj Advani (ONGC) 3 - 1 Sourav Kothari (ONGC)
(Advani breaks of 93 and 79)
Aditya Mehta (Indian Oil) 3 - 0 Ishpreet Chadha (Indian Oil)
(Mehta breaks of 118, 64 and 61)
Alok Kumar (ONGC) 3 - 1 Lalrina Renthlei (BPCL)
Rupesh Shah (ONGC) 3 - 1 Devendra Joshi (BPCL)
Dhvaj Haria (Indian Oil) 3 - 2 Shahbaaz Khan (BPCL)

Edit - in case anyone was wondering -
ONGC = Oil and Natural Gas Corporation
BPCL = Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd

Quarter Finals

Aditya Mehta (Indian Oil) 3 - 0 Alok Kumar (ONGC)
(Mehta breaks of 69, 60, 136)
Pankaj Advani (ONGC) 3 - 0 Manan Chandra (BPCL)
(Advani break of 116)
Rupesh Shah (ONGC) 3 - 1 Laxman Rawat (ONGC)
Himanshu Jain (Gas Authority of India) 3 - 2 Dhvaj Haria (Indian Oil)


Semi Finals

Panka Advani (ONGC) 3 - 0 Aditya Mehta (Indian Oil)
Rupesh Shah (ONGC) 3 - 1 Himanshu Jain (Gas Authority of India)
(Shah break of 83)

Final

Pankaj Advani (ONGC) 3 - 2 Rupesh Shah (ONGC)

Congratulations to Pankaj Advani !

Team Snooker Final

ONGC (Rawat, Advani, Kothari) 4 - 2 Indian Oil (Pandya, Mehta, Damani)