Kothari to play for Delhi team in Bengal Snooker League

Ten team will be seen in action in the second edition of the Bengal Snooker League at the Saturday Club from June 20-25.

Kolkata-based Sourav Kothari will be representing Delhi team RKG Snooking Champs who will be making its debut, while Brijesh Damani will lead Cue Magician.

The tournament will also have top outstation players Alok Kumar, Manan Chandra, Dharminder Lilly, Kamal Chawla and Siddharth Parik.

The tournament will carry a prize purse of Rs 9.5 lakh, including Rs 5 lakh for the champion team and Rs 3 lakh for the runners-up.

Each team will have six players including two marquee and it will be an Indian Premier League-style play-offs for the top four teams.

The top two will play Qualifier 1 and the winners will advance into the final.

The losing team of Qualifier 1 will get a second chance and will face the winners of Eliminator, between the third and fourth placed teams, in Qualifier 2 to determine the second finalists.

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