India Finish On Top With 13 Medals At Commonwealth Cue Sports Championships

India finished atop the medal standings at the Commonwealth Cue Sports Championships with an impressive haul of 13 medals - three gold, five silver and five bronze, after four days of competition featuring some of the leading cue sports players from across the Commonwealth and other participating nations.

India’s campaign was highlighted by Aditya Snehal Mehta, who clinched the men’s snooker title with a convincing 3-0 victory over compatriot Dhvaj Haria in an all-Indian final. The result ensured India secured both gold and silver in the event, with Haria finishing runner-up.

India added two more gold medals in English Billiards. Anupama Ramachandran triumphed in the women’s category, defeating fellow Indian Umadevi Revanna 1-0 in the final. Rayaan Razmi completed India’s gold-medal tally by winning the men’s English Billiards title against compatriot Siddharth Sailesh Parikh.

Haria’s silver in men’s snooker was complemented by bronze medals for Laxman Singh Rawat and Sri Lanka’s Mohamed Thaha Irshath. India also enjoyed success in women’s snooker, where Keerthana Pandian settled for silver after losing 0-3 to Great Britain’s Rebecca Kenna in the final. Indian players Ishika Shah and Shruthi Lakshminarayanan added two bronze medals.

In women’s English Billiards, Revanna took silver, while Great Britain’s Mhairi Roberta Mackay and Australia’s Julie Watson shared the bronze medals.

India’s medal count also received a boost in men’s heyball, with Paras Gupta claiming silver after a narrow 5-6 defeat to South Africa’s Jason Theron. Uzair Khan secured bronze alongside Malaysia’s Mohd Hassan.

In men’s 10-ball pool, India’s Divya Sharma won bronze as Great Britain’s Mark Foster defeated compatriot Sheridan Burmester 6-3 in the final. Australia’s Meng-Hsia Hung won the women’s 10-ball pool title, edging South Africa’s Elzette Joen 5-4.

Other titles went to Great Britain’s Kenna in women’s snooker and Lee Shepherd in men’s blackball, while Uganda’s Naiga Rukia won the women’s blackball crown. Great Britain’s Kelly Fisher captured the women’s heyball title.

The championships brought together 144 players from more than 40 nations, competing across English Billiards, snooker, heyball, 10-ball pool and blackball, underlining the breadth of competition across the cue sports disciplines.