India win inaugural Asian Team Snooker Championship

The Indian team, consisting of Manan Chandra, Brijesh Damani and Alok Kumar, clinched the inaugural Asian Team Snooker Championships after blanking Iran 3-0 in the title clash in Doha, Qatar. The Indian cueists were in red-hot form right from the start and topped their group with three wins from as many games. [caption id=“attachment_831381” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] The Indian cueists were in red-hot form right from the start and topped their group with three wins from as many games. AFP[/caption] After the group stages, India were the only team to remain undefeated. Pakistan, China and Thailand finished on top of their respective groups but suffered a defeat each. India had little obstruction in clinching gold as they had outplayed Qatar 3-1 in the quarterfinals, beat Afghanistan 3-1 in the semifinals before registering a clean sweep against Iran scoring 61-49 (Single); 58-16 (Single); and 63-55 (double), last night. Sanjay Sawant accompanied the team India as coach. PTI