Pakistan's favourite team crashes out in pre-quarters
- Written by Vivek Pathak - Media Officer, IBSF
Asjad Iqbal and Shahid Aftab of Pakistan
Host nation's favourite team (Muhammad Asif and Muhammad Sajjad) lost and out at pre-quarters stage of 2015 IBSF team snooker championship. The duo lost to another team from Pakistan (Asjad Iqbal and Shahid Aftab) 1-4.
Young player Asjad Iqbal pulled the crucial and first frame against Muhammad Asif by just one point (70-69). With that confidence, Shahid Aftab also upset Muhammad Sajjad and won the second frame 61-47.
However, Asif and Sajjad managed to win the doubles frame 87-00 but in reverse singles, Asjad and Shahid both oust Sajjad and Asif and moved to quarter-final.
Team Malaysia (Moh Keen Hoo and Kok Leong Lim) also won interesting match against team India-3 (Manan Chandra and Kamal Chawla) 4-3.
After winning first frame, team Malaysia lost next three frames by huge margin but brilliantly recovered in subsequent frames and pulled the sensational victory and entered in quarter finals.