Cuesport great Yasin Merchant is proud that his ward Kreishh Gurbaxani, 21, has qualified for the World Pro Snooker Tour for next season. Recently, Mumbai-based Kreishh showed tremendous fighting qualities to win four successive frames to turn the tables on Pakistan’s Muhammad Naseem Akhtar clinching a 4-2 win in the final round of the 2024 Asia-Oceania Q-School (Event-2) Professional Tour Qualifier snooker event at the BSAT Academy in Bangkok, Thailand.

Khar Gymkhana cueist Kreishh lost the first two frames tamely, but played to potential to stage a recovery. He carved out a come-from-behind 23-56, 9-71, 65-34, 73-66, 67-15 and 76-20 win in a tense, engrossing encounter and earned his two-year pro tour card.