Pakistan thrash India to claim World Snooker title

Asjad Iqbal and Mohammad Bilal defeat Pankaj Advani and Laxman Rawat 3-1 in final

Pakistan came on top of India in the final of IBSF World Snooker Championship Team Event in Doha, Qatar on Friday, defeating the arch-rivals 3-1 only three days after beating them in the Asian championship.

Defending champions India’s team, comprising experienced Pankaj Advani and Laxman Rawat, lost to Pakistan’s Asjad Iqbal and Mohammad Bilal in a closely fought out contest.

Team Pakistan (Asjad Iqbal and Muhammad Bilal wins the IBSF World Team Cup #Snooker 2019 defeating Team India (Pankaj Advani and Laxman Rawat) in the final 3-1 pic.twitter.com/DabjyQ9aRC

— IBSF (@ibsf) July 2, 2019

Pakistan won the first two frames and looked on course for a whitewash in the final before India made a comeback to win the third frame to stay in the contest. However, Pakistan won the fourth frame to deny India back-to-back crowns, PTI reported.

Congratulations Pakistan upon winning the IBSF World Cup #Snooker Pakistan defeated India in the final. Welldone Asjad and Bilal #PakvInd #PakistanZindabad pic.twitter.com/zYHgURF5Gd

— Faisal Javed Khan (@FaisalJavedKhan) July 2, 2019

Pakistan beat India to win Asian Team Snooker Championship

The Pakistani team had defeated Qatar’s Mohsen Abdulaziz Bukshaisha and Ahmed Saif 3-1 while India staged a comeback from the brink of defeat to beat Ireland’s Brendan O’Donoghue and Aaron Hill 3-2 in the semifinals of the mega event.

On June 29, the same Indian team was beaten by Pakistan’s Babar Masih and Zulfiqar Qadir 3-2 in the ACBS Asian Team Snooker Championship.