Team Pakistan beats India, winning the Asian team Snooker championship in Doha

Pakistan defeated arch-rivals India 3-1 to win the IBSF Snooker World Team Cup 2019 title in Doha (Qatar) on Tuesday. Mohammad Bilal and Asjad Iqbal outwitted Pankaj Advani and Laxman Rawat to win the honour for Pakistan. 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.

Around 18 countries competed in the championship. In the semi-finals played on Monday, Pakistan beat hosts Qatar 3-1 while India were made to sweat by Ireland before registering a 3-2 win.

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.

Last week, Pakistan 2 team of Babar Masih and Zulfiqar A Qadir also downed India 3-2 to win the Asian Team Championship crown.