KP's Sharjeel stuns sixth seed Shan

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Sharjeel Mahmood defeated No. 6 seed Shan Naimat of Islamabad in an upset to exit the NBP 49th National Snooker Championship. The pre-quarterfinal line-up of the championship was also completed on the last day of the league matches.

Ahsan Ramzan played a break of 113. After league matches Punjab's Owais Munir, Muhammad Sajjad, Asjad Iqbal, Shahid Aftab, Naseem Akhtar, Wasim Abbas, Muhammad Shahbaz, Babar Masih, Mubashir Raza and Muhammad Asif, Sindh's Abdul Sattar, Zulfiqar A. Qadir, Sohail Shahzad and Ean Mark John, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Sharjeel Mahmood and Balochistan's Adil A. Jabbar reached the pre-quarterfinals.

On Tuesday, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Sharjeel Mahmood defeated number 6 seed Shan Naimat of Islamabad to eliminate him from the championship and also reached in knockout stage. He won 4-2, the frame score of his victory was in his favor 69-43, 67-53, 62-38, 57-70, 33-62 and 72-12.

In other matches, National Bank's Asjad Iqbal defeated Islamabad's Faisal Daniyal 4-2, Punjab's Owais Munir defeated Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Sarbland Khan 4-0, Punjab's Naseem Akhtar defeated Balochistan's Asadullah 4-2, Islamabad's Abdul Javed defeated Balochistan's Bahadur Khan 4-0, Punjab's Shahid Aftab defeated Sindh's Zulfiqar A. Qadir 4-2 and Ahsan Ramzan of Punjab defeated Mubashir Raza of Punjab 4-3.

The pre-quarterfinals consisting of best of nine frames will be played today.