Sourav Kothari (born 16 November 1984) is an Indian player of
English billiards
English billiards, called simply billiards in the UK and in many former British colonies, is a cue sport that combines the aspects of carom billiards and pool. Two (one white and one yellow) and a red are used. Each player or team uses a diffe ...
. He was
world champion
A world championship is generally an international competition open to elite competitors from around the world, representing their nations, and winning such an event will be considered the highest or near highest achievement in the sport, game ...
in 2018.
Biography
Kothari was born in
Kolkota
Kolkata, also known as Calcutta ( its official name until 2001), is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of West Bengal. It lies on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River, west of the border with Bangladesh. It is the primary fin ...
on 16 November 1984.
He won the ONGC 13th Asian Billiards Championship 2014,beating Alok Kumar in the final, and a gold medal at the
2017 Asian Indoor Games.
He was a runner-up to
David Causier at the 2017
World Billiards Championship, losing 4–8 in the short format (150-up) final.
Kothari won the World Billiards Championship in 2018 with a 1,134–944 victory over
Peter Gilchrist. In the semi-final, Kothari had been more than 500 points behind Causier, before coming back to win.
In 2019 Kothari again reached the world championship final, finishing runner-up by 1,307–967 to Gilchrist. Kothari also won the 2019 Reventon Masters against Johl Younger (6-5) and Reventon Classic against Tyson Crinis (5-1), two tournaments of the
Reventon Triple Crown series.
Career highlights
*2017
World Billiards Championship Runner-up (150-up)
*2018
World Billiards Champion
*2019
World Billiards Championship Runner-up
References
External links
2019 Sourav Kothari v Peter GilchristWorld Billiards Championship final session (YouTube video)
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Indian players of English billiards
World champions in English billiards
1984 births
Living people
Cue sports players from West Bengal
Recipients of the Arjuna Award