Alpha Cueists continue winning streak in snooker meet

Kolkata June 22 (IANS) After their convincing 6-1 win against Snookin Shooters Alpha Cueists continued their winning streak to record a second straight victory edging past Black Panthers 4-3 on the third day of the Bengal Snooker League at the Saturday Club here on Thursday.

In the first frame the Faisal Khan-led side rode on Pushpender Singh s 63-40 win over Panthers Rafath Habib. The second frame saw them consolidate their lead with skipper Faisal recording a 78-45 win over Siddharth Parikh.

The tie was sealed by the fourth frame after Faisal and Akram Khan beat Rafath Habib and Abdul Miraz in the doubles by 65-20 followed by Pushpender and Wangchuk Bhutia thrashing Siddharth Parikh and Gerard 58-00.

In other games Pappu Penguin lost 1-6 to Green Warrior while Shooting Stars beat City Knights 5-2.

--IANS
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