Photo for representation. File photo
Chandigarh, June 27
Local cueist Ranveer Duggal has been selected to represent the country in the Asian Snooker U-21 Championship to be held in Riyadh from June 27 to July 2. Duggal is currently a national billiards and snooker champion. In the last national championship in Chennai, he attained the top rank with a title win.
He made history by winning a double grand gold in both billiards and snooker in the National Billiards and Snooker Championship held in Chennai. He defeated Gujarat’s Mayur Garg 4-1 in the junior snooker category. In the semis, he overpowered Mahendra Chauhan of Madhya Pradesh to set up a title clash with Garg.
He earlier represented India in 2015 World Snooker Championships (U-21) and had also won a bronze medal in the World Snooker Championship (U-16) in Russia. He started playing the game at the age of seven. He lost his father Sandeep Duggal, a national-level cueist in 2015.
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