India's good run in cue sports continued for the second day in a row after thrashing arch-rivals Pakistan in the men's snooker team semi-finals. Now, India is assured of at least a silver medal in the 16th Asian Games in Guangzhou on Monday.
The trio of veteran Yasin Merchant, Aditya Mehta and Brijesh Damani proved too strong for Pakistan as they demolished their neighbours 3-0 to set up a gold medal clash against hosts China.
Mehta gave India a solid start, outclassing Pakistan's Sohail Shehzad 84-8 and then Yasin made it 2-0 defeating Imran Shehzad 75-45 in the second frame.
Yasin then combined with Brijesh Damani to seal the tie in favour of the Indians with a 91-61 victory over Imran Shehzad and Shahram Changezi in the third of the best-of-five frame contest.
India will now face China in the final later in the day after the hosts toiled hard to prevail over Thailand 3-2 in the other semi-final.
The Indians fetched two medals from cue sports in the quadrennial mega-event on Sunday, with star cueist Pankaj Advani defending his gold in the men's billiards singles event and then Alok Kumar claiming a bronze in 8-ball pool.
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