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Zeb Khan shines with 139 break at National Snooker

By Our Correspondent
January 17, 2026
Representational image of snooker balls and cues. — Unsplash/File
Representational image of snooker balls and cues. — Unsplash/File

KARACHI: The exciting round robin league matches were played on the fourth day NBP 50th National Snooker Championship 2026 as Balochistan’s Zeb Khan played the tournament’s biggest break of 139 being held at the NBP Sports Complex Clifton, Karachi.

Balochistan’s Zeb Khan played the tournament’s biggest break of 139 to also Rana Irfan (122 and 137) made two brilliant century breaks each, Kamran Albert (120) and Asif Toba (104) also played excellent century breaks.

As per day fourth matches result, M Shahbaz (Pjb) bt Awais Ullah Munir (Pjb) 4-3 with the frame score of (58-86, 72-30, 87(69)-46, 01-105(97), 17-77, 84-05, 73-49) Zulfiqar A. Qadir (Sindh) bt Shahzaib Rafique (Kp) 4-0 with the frame score of (112(52), 60-52, 76-01, 107(69)-21)

Ali Hamza (Sindh) bt,Hasnain Akhtar (Sindh) 4-3 with the frame score of (5-109(50), 77-39, 06-86, 47-60, 63-06, 71-44, 87(75)-0) Sohail Shehzad (Sindh) bt Shan Namat (Isb) 4-0 with the frame score of (91(54)-14, 73(53)-14, 62-43, 63-45).

After the round-robin league matches on the fourth day, Muhammad Asif (Punjab), Asjad Iqbal (Punjab), Ali Hamza (Sindh), Hasnain Akhtar (Sindh), Sohail Shahzad (Sindh), Shan Nemat (Islamabad), Abdul Sattar (Sindh), Ahmed Tariq (Punjab), Rana Irfan (Punjab), Sultan Muhammad (Sindh), Ahsan Ramzan (Punjab) and Ali Raza (Sindh) have made it to the knockout stage.

According to the results of the fourth day, Muhammad Shahbaz beat Owaisullah Munir 4-3, Zulfiqar A Qadir (Sindh) beat Shahzeb Rafique 4-0, Ghulam Abbas beat Muhammad Naseem Akhtar 4-0 (walkover), Ali Hamza beat Hasnain Akhtar 4-3, Sohail Shahzad beat Shan Nemat 4-0, Kamran Albert beat Haris Khan 4-2, Aamir Sohail beat Ian Mark John 4-2, Asif Toba beat Nadir Shah 4-1, Ahmar Tariq beat Abdul Sattar 4-2, Muhammad Ahmed beat Saif Ali Khan 4-1, Rana Irfan beat Sultan Muhammad 4-0, Hasnain Sayab beat Asad Khan 4-2, Ahsan Ramzan beat Ali Raza 4-2.