Cueists Ootam, Agrawal Jambusaria advance

Aditya Agarwal compiled an impressive break of 199

Nikhil Ootam showed superb touch and played confidently to outsmart Akshay Gogri by coasting to 500-429 point difference victory in the opening Group D match of the All India CCI Billiards Classic at the CCI's Wilson Jones billiards hall on Tuesday.

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Earlier, Aditya Agrawal and Rohan Jambusaria, both made positive starts. Jambusaria constructed a century break of 157 and five substantial breaks to register a comfortable 697-312 win over Rishabh Kumar. Besides the three-figure effort, Jambusaria rolled in breaks of 99, 71, 65, 64 and 58.

On an adjacent table, Agrawal started with a bang and compiled a break of 199 initially, which set the tone for his 645-391 win against Maharashtra No. 1 Mahesh Jagdale.