Mumbai’s talented youngster Shahyan Razmi showed tremendous character and great composure to defeat his senior opponent Sahil Nayyar by a 5-4 frame scores in a quarter-final match of the Rs 13.5 lakh CCI Snooker Classic 2026 and played at the Cricket Club of India’s Wilson Jones billiards hall on Friday.
Mumbai’s talented youngster Shahyan Razmi played confidently to overcome Sahil Nayyar 4-3 in a quarter-final match.
The 20-year-old left-handed Shahyan, a CCI Sports Member, exhibited solid fighting qualities as after trailing 3-4 in the best-of-11-frame contest, he constructed two match-winning breaks of 52 and 48 to pocket the last two frames and clinch a well-deserved 57-54, 7-56, 70-33, 51-16, 65-1, 25-71, 31-75, 73-35, 64-32) victory to seal his place in the semi-finals. Nayyar, who competes on the World Snooker Tour, best efforts were 65 and 48 in the sixth and seventh frames.
Kolkata’s Brijesh Damani was in complete control against Mumbai’s Aditya Mehta and scored a commanding 5-0 win in a quarter-final match.
Meanwhile, in a quarter-final battle between two former champions Brijesh Damani (PSBP) blanked Aditya Mehta (PSPB) 5-0 (77(69)-21, 74-34, 58-13, 108(80)-0, 76-26). The Kolkata-based Damani produced two notable breaks of 69 in the first frame and 80 in the fourth frame.
Punjab’s Digvijay Kadian defeated Mumbai challenger Kreishh Gurbaxani 5-1 (83-23, 62-30, 72-32, 75-15, 67-4, 84-37) to advance to the semi-finals.
Earlier, another heavyweight Sourav Kothari (PSPB) crashed out losing rather tamely to Mumbai’s talented youngster Shahyan Razmi in four straight frames.
The promising Shahyan potted steadily and grabbed his chances to accumulate the points to register a 60-30, 61-34, 59-52 and 72-43 win to cruise into the quarter-finals.
Results – Main Draw quarter-finals: Shahyan Razmi (Mumbai) beat Sahil Nayyar 5-4 (Punjab) 57-54, 7-56, 70-33, 51-16, 65-1, 25-71(65), 31-75(48), 73(52)-35, 64(48)-32)
Brijesh Damani (PSPB) beat Aditya Mehta (PSPB) 5-0 (77(69)-21, 74-34, 58-13, 108(80)-0, 76-26);
Digvijay Kadian beat Kreishh Gurbaxani 5-1 (83-23, 62-30, 72-32, 75-15, 67-4, 84-37);
Pre-quarter-finals: Shahyan Razmi (Mumbai) beat Sourav Kothari (PSPB) 4-0 (60-30, 61-34, 59-52, 72-43);
Hassan Badami (Mumbai) beat Kanishk Jhanjharia (Mumbai) 4-2 (27-45, 84-38, 27-70(43), 62(52)-33, 75(59)-5, 72-61);
Sahil Nayyar (Punjab) beat Mushtaq Khan (RSPB) 4-2 (64-35, 34-72(62), 101-0, 52-61, 61-6, 81-8);
Brijesh Damani (PSPB) beat Manan Chandra (PSPB) 4-3 (48-74, 74-35, 46-69, 47-76(56), 70-0, 60-50, 62-32).