12th NBP Ranking Snooker Championship

KARACHI: The 12th NBP Ranking Snooker Championship 2020 has been inaugurated here Monday. The prominent players participating in it are: Seed 1. Muhammad Asif (NBP), 2. Shahid Aftab (Pjb), 3. AsjadIqbal (NBP), 4. Muhammad AhsanJavaid (pjb). 5. Babar Masih (Pjb), 6. MubahsirRaza (Pjb), 7. Muhammad NaseemAkhtar (NBP), 8. Ali Haider (Pjb), says a Press release.
GROUPS: Group (A) – Muhammad Asif (NBP), RambailGul (KP), Bahadur Khan (Bal), Umer Farooq (Pjb); Group (B) – Shahid Aftab (Pjb), Muhammad Bilal (Pjb), Muhammad Ali (Sindh), Sheikh Muhammad Mudassir (Pjb); Group (C) – Asjad Iqbal (NBP), Muhammad Saleem (KP), Muhammad Asif Toba (Pjb), Muhammad Ajmal (Pjb);- Group (D) Muhammad Ahsan Javaid (Pjb), Zulfiqar A. Qadir (Sindh), M. Jawed Ansari (Sindh), Ali Hamza (Sindh); Group (E) – Babar Masih (Pjb), Muhammad Sajjad (NBP), Abdul Sattar (Sindh), Muhammad Majid Ali (NBP), Group (F) Mubashir Raza (Pjb), Ahsan Ramzan (Pjb), Saad Khan (KP), Zubair Tahir (Pjb); Group (G) – Muhammad Naseem Akhtar (NBP), Hamza Akbar (Pjb), Rana Irfan (Pjb), Sharjeel Mehmood (KP), Muhammad Umer Khan (Pjb); Group (H) – Ali Haider (Pjb), Muhammad Ijaz (Pjb), Aakash Rafique (KP), Agha Bilawal (Sindh), Haris Tahir (NBP).
Results for the opening day i.e. Monday, are: Seed 3. Asjad Iqbal (NBP) & Seed 8. Ali Haider (Pjb) lost Monday. HarisTahir (NBP) bt Ali Haider (Pjb) 4-2 (2-79 (65), 64-41 (55), 69-17 (68), 53-65, 80-0, 44-35. Muhammad Ajmal (Pjb) bt Asjad Iqbal (NBP) 4-3 (68-67, 46-57, 12-60, 38-73, 75-46, 68-11, 71-38). Muhammad Naseem Akhtar (NBP) bt Muhammad Umer Khan (Pjb) 4-0 (65-35, 79-39, 77-09, 70-18). Sharjeel Mehmood (Kp) bt Hamza Akbar (Pjb) 4-3 (45-56, 57-58, 81-27, 69-26, 60-29, 12-63, 58-02). Muhammad Ijaz (Pjb) bt Agha Bilawal (Sindh) 4-1, (77-45, 65-42, 49-67, 62-22, 88-51). Muhammad Asif (NBP) bt Umer Farooq (Pjb) 4-1 (102-0, 96-25, 01-67, 125-0 (78), 90-6 (82). Shahid Aftab (Pjb) bt Sheikh Muhammad Mudassir (Pjb) 4-0 (56-25, 65-15 (65), 56-49, 65-59). Muhammad Bilal (Pjb) bt Muhammad Ali (Sindh) 4-0 (84-36 (73), 69-30 (50), 75-23, 63-27). Muhammad Saleem (Kp) bt Muhammad Asif Toba (Pjb) 4-0 (78-41, 67-17 (58), 66-46, 68-26). Muhammad Ahsan Javaid (Pjb) bt Ali Hamza (Sindh) 4-0 (68-3, 63-5, 57-12, 65-14). Zulfiqar A. Qadir (Sindh) bt M. Jawed Ansari (Sindh) 4-1 (1-0, 60-56, 64-14, 20-62, 83-0). Muhammad Sajjad (NBP) bt Abdul Sattar (Sindh) 4-0 (84-0 (84), 67-38, 101-0 (53), 71-14). Mubashir Raza (Pjb) versus Zubair Tahir (Pjb) 4-0 (80-0 (79), 80-7 (67), 58-19, 86-01).
Remaining Matches on the opening day were to be played: Babar Masih (Pjb) versus Muhammad Majid Ali (NBP) and Ahsan Ramzan (Pjb) versus Saad Khan (KP).
Today’s Fixture: Muhammad Naseem Akhtar (NBP) V/S Sharjeel Mehmood (KP); Rana Irfan (Pjb) versus Muhammad Umer Khan (Pjb); Ali Haider (Pjb) versus Agha Bilawal (Sindh); Aakash Rafique (KP) versus Haris Tahir (NBP); Mubashir Raza (Pjb) versus Saad Khan (KP); Ahsan Ramzan (Pjb) versus Zubair Tahir (Pjb); Zulfiqar A. Qadir (Sindh) versus Ali Hamza (Sindh); Muhammad Sajjad (NBP) versus Muhammad Majid Ali (NBP); Muhammad Bilal (Pjb) versus Sheikh Muhammad Mudassir (Pjb); Hamza Akbar (Pjb) versus Muhammad Umer Khan (Pjb); Rana Irfan (Pjb) versus Sharjeel Mehmood (KP); Muhammad Ijaz (Pjb) versus Haris Tahir (NBP); Aakash Rafique (KP) versus Agha Bilawal (Sindh).