{"id":10741,"date":"2012-10-11T06:24:55","date_gmt":"2012-10-11T06:24:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=10741"},"modified":"2012-10-11T06:24:55","modified_gmt":"2012-10-11T06:24:55","slug":"ongc-sweep-pspb-inter-petroleum-tournament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=10741","title":{"rendered":"ONGC sweep PSPB Inter-Petroleum Tournament"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 6px; float: left;\" src=\"images\/billiards\/saurav-kothari.jpg\" alt=\"ONGC sweep PSPB Inter-Petroleum Tournament\" width=\"200\" \/>New Delhi:<\/strong> After a torrid year where they lost to BPCL in billiards and to IOC in snooker, ONGC got back to winning ways with a clean swept the <a href=\"search.html?cx=partner-pub-2004395898380537%3A5221044443&amp;cof=FORID%3A10&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;q=PSPB+Inter-Petroleum+Tournament&amp;sa=Search&amp;siteurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.indiansportsnews.com%2Fsearch.html%3Fcx%3Dpartner-pub-2004395898380537%253A5221044443%26cof%3DFORID%253A10%26ie%3DUTF-8%26q%3DPankaj%2BAdvani%26sa%3DSearch\">PSPB Inter-Petroleum Tournament<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The trio of <a href=\"search.html?cx=partner-pub-2004395898380537%3A5221044443&amp;cof=FORID%3A10&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;q=Pankaj+Advani&amp;sa=Search\">Pankaj Advani<\/a>, <a href=\"search.html?cx=partner-pub-2004395898380537%3A5221044443&amp;cof=FORID%3A10&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;q=Alok+Kumar&amp;sa=Search&amp;siteurl=\">Alok Kumar<\/a> and <a href=\"search.html?cx=partner-pub-2004395898380537%3A5221044443&amp;cof=FORID%3A10&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;q=Sourav+Kothar&amp;sa=Search&amp;siteurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.indiansportsnews.com%2Fsearch.html%3Fcx%3Dpartner-pub-2004395898380537%253A5221044443%26cof%3DFORID%253A10%26ie%3DUTF-8%26q%3DPankaj%2BAdvani%26sa%3DSearch\">Sourav Kothar<\/a>i lifted ONGC to its first title courtesy a 2-1 over BPCL and later beat IOC to collect the snooker team title. BPCL cueist Manan Chandra was named the player of the tournament (snooker).<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;ONGC is a close-knit group. Our company has been really supportive and we wanted to win the title for them. It was a wake up call for us when lost earlier this year. We were determined to win and it feels good that we won both the titles,&#8221; said Sourav Kothari about the win.<\/p>\n<p>The consistent Bengal cueist admitted the pressure to win back the title was high. &#8220;This shorter format of the tournament makes it very competitive in nature. With majority of the top Indian cueists putting in their best efforts, there is not much scope for errors here The pressure is tremendous, I would say it is as high as any international tournament.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Admitting that pressure is huge in such tournaments Dhruv Sitwala, a member of the ONGC team said, &#8220;Winning this tournament is a player&#8217;s way to earn glory for the company. The pressure in such a tournament is twice as normal as a cueist is playing for the company and also the team. The points earned in this tournament add up to the company&#8217;s profile and helps in winning the overall ranking for our company in PSPB which is decided at the end of the year.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Kothari, who was named the player of the tournament (Billiards), was happy to have made a successful transition from snooker to billiards. &#8220;It has been a great year for me as I made it to six finals and won three tournaments. The man of the tournament award has given me immense confidence ahead of the World Billiards Championship. I have been training extremely hard and putting in loads of hard work to perform well in both snooker and billiards. I feel I am on the right track.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He credited his father (National Coach, Manoj Kothari) for his all-round support and guidance. &#8220;My father has been with ONGC for a long time as coach and co-coordinator. He is one stop shop for any of our needs. His knowledge about the game is enormous.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>By Indian Sports News Network<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 6px; float: left;\" src=\"images\/billiards\/saurav-kothari.jpg\" alt=\"ONGC sweep PSPB Inter-Petroleum Tournament\" width=\"200\" \/>New Delhi:<\/strong> After a torrid year where they lost to BPCL in billiards and to IOC in snooker, ONGC got back to winning ways with a clean swept the <a href=\"search.html?cx=partner-pub-2004395898380537%3A5221044443&amp;cof=FORID%3A10&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;q=PSPB+Inter-Petroleum+Tournament&amp;sa=Search&amp;siteurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.indiansportsnews.com%2Fsearch.html%3Fcx%3Dpartner-pub-2004395898380537%253A5221044443%26cof%3DFORID%253A10%26ie%3DUTF-8%26q%3DPankaj%2BAdvani%26sa%3DSearch\">PSPB Inter-Petroleum Tournament<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The trio of <a href=\"search.html?cx=partner-pub-2004395898380537%3A5221044443&amp;cof=FORID%3A10&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;q=Pankaj+Advani&amp;sa=Search\">Pankaj Advani<\/a>, <a href=\"search.html?cx=partner-pub-2004395898380537%3A5221044443&amp;cof=FORID%3A10&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;q=Alok+Kumar&amp;sa=Search&amp;siteurl=\">Alok Kumar<\/a> and <a href=\"search.html?cx=partner-pub-2004395898380537%3A5221044443&amp;cof=FORID%3A10&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;q=Sourav+Kothar&amp;sa=Search&amp;siteurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.indiansportsnews.com%2Fsearch.html%3Fcx%3Dpartner-pub-2004395898380537%253A5221044443%26cof%3DFORID%253A10%26ie%3DUTF-8%26q%3DPankaj%2BAdvani%26sa%3DSearch\">Sourav Kothar<\/a>i lifted ONGC to its first title courtesy a 2-1 over BPCL and later beat IOC to collect the snooker team title. BPCL cueist Manan Chandra was named the player of the tournament (snooker).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[5231,466,523,6915,5379],"class_list":["post-10741","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-latest","tag-alok-kumar","tag-indian-sports-news","tag-pankaj-advani","tag-pspb-inter-petroleum-tournament","tag-sourav-kothari"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>ONGC sweep PSPB Inter-Petroleum Tournament - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=10741\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"ONGC sweep PSPB Inter-Petroleum Tournament - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"New Delhi: After a torrid year where they lost to BPCL in billiards and to IOC in snooker, ONGC got back to winning ways with a clean swept the PSPB Inter-Petroleum Tournament.The trio of Pankaj Advani, Alok Kumar and Sourav Kothari lifted ONGC to its first title courtesy a 2-1 over BPCL and later beat IOC to collect the snooker team title. 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