RS Cannons, Ball Breakers, Reio’s Solar Energy start with wins at PCBSL 2026
Pune, 5th February 2026: RS Cannons, Ball Breakers, Reio’s Solar Energy registered wins in their league campaigns at the 4th Edition of the Poona Club Billiards & Snooker League (PCBSL) 2026, which is being organised by The Poona Club Ltd. and is currently underway at the Poona Club Billiards & Snooker Hall.
In this tournament, being held at the Poona Club Billiards Hall with the support of main sponsors Manisha Construction’s Rajan Khinvasara and Abhishek Khinvasara, and co-sponsors Sunil Handa, Mukesh Sanghvi, and Sanjay Sanghvi, the RS Cannons team defeated the ASR Strikers team 3-2 in a hard-fought match in the league stage. Kapil Punjabi, Shailesh Chaube, Krish Raghani, Anil Kakade, Kapil Punjabi, and Ricky Rajpal performed excellently for the winning team.
In the second match, the Ball Breakers team secured a one-sided 4-1 victory over the Sanghvi Shooters team, thanks to the winning performances of Jaydeep Patwardhan, Ashish Patel, Rajiv Raut, Jaydeep Patwardhan, Dheeraj Kochhar, Ashish Patel, and Jamshed Garda. In another match, the Rioz Solar Energy team defeated the Manisha Royals team 4-1 to register their first victory. Suraj Rathi, Sahil Handa, Minu Karkaria, Neeraj Arora, and Kapil Samant performed outstandingly for the Rioz Solar Energy team.
Results: League Round:
RS Cannons bt ASR Strikers 3-2(15 Red Snooker Singles: Kapil Punjabi bt Dinesh Mahtani 70-41; Billiards: Kaivalya Khanapure lost to Kapil Sareen 182-200; Roulette: Shailesh Chaube/Krrish Raghani/Anil Kakade/Kapil Punjabi/Ricky Rajpal bt Sarim Khan/Kapil Sareen/Dasmesh Kalra/Udit Sanghvi/Dinesh Mahtani 2-1; 9Red Snooker Doubles: Anil Kakade/Ricky Rajpal bt Sarim Khan/Udit Sanghvi 67-49; 6 Red Snooker: Pankaj Parmar lost to Dasmesh Kalra 38-41, 26-51);
Ball Breakers bt Sanghavi Shooters 4-1(15 Red Snooker Singles: Jaideep Patwardhan bt Sunil Asher 88-65; Billiards: Ashish Patel bt RK Sharma 200-141; Roulette: Rajeev Raut/Jaydeep Patwardhan/Dhiraj Kochhar/Ashish Patel/Jamshed Garda bt Sham Rathi/Girish Damle/Sunil Asher/Girish Khosla/Rusi Marolia 2-1; 9Red Snooker Doubles: Dhiraj Kochhar/Rajeev Raut lost to Sham Rathi/Marolia 35-45; 6Red Snooker Singles: Jamshed Garda bt Girish Damle 48-41, 45-17);
Reio’s Solar Energy bt Manisha Royals 4-1(15 Red Snooker Singles: Suraj Rathi bt Asheesh Khera 113-58; Billiards: Sahil Handa bt Ashraf Parwani 200-164; Roulette: Suraj Rathi/Sahil Handa/Minoo Karkaria/Niraj Arora/Kapil Samant bt Kunal Vaswani/Yogesh Ankelsaria/Ashraf Parwani/Asheesh Khera/Ayaan Khan 3-1; 9 Red Snooker Doubles: Minoo Karkaria /Niraj Arora bt Yogesh Anklesaria/Kunal Vaswani 52-42; 6 Red Snooker Singles: Kapil Samant lost to Ayaan Khan 13-41, 12-46)
