CUTTACK 22-Oct-2017
Subrat Das and Nishant Biswal regained the senior billiards and snooker titles respectively in the 24th Odisha State Billiards & Snooker Championship, held at Cuttack Club here from October 11 to 22, 2017. After trailing 0-2 and 2-3 in the senior billiards final match, top seed Das fought back nicely to beat second seed and former Junior National billiards runner-up Kunal Agarwal by 4-3 frames.
Subrat registered as many as three 50-plus breaks, including 84 as the highest to recapture the title after a gap of two years. This was the seventh senior state billiards title for Subrat, who had won his first in 2009.
Biswal regained the senior snooker title after a gap of four years, defeating Mohammad Raza in the final by 6-2 frames. This was the second senior snooker title for Biswal, who had won his first in 2012, also at Cuttack Club.
