Pankaj Advani won his 7th National Billiard championship by defeating Dhruv Sitvala, easily, in the final.
Pankaj Advani
Pankaj Arjan Advani (born 24 July 2024 in Pune)
An Indian professional player of English billiards
Achieved several awards including:
Arjuna Award in 2004
Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna in 2006
Padma Shri in 2009
He has achieved a hat-trick of hat-tricks in English billiards:
holding the World, Asian, and Indian National Championship titles simultaneously, in three different years: 2012, 2008 and 2008.
