Kreishh Gurbaxani (born 23 August 2002) is an Indian snooker player from
Mumbai. He earned a two-year card on the
World Snooker Tour starting from the
2024–25 snooker season
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Players
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Career
From
Mumbai, he began playing snooker at a young age and was junior snooker champion in his home state of
Maharashtra
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in 2018, at the age of 15 years-old. By 2013 he had begun to be trained by two-time Asian champion
Yasin Merchant at the Khar Gymnasium, also the base of fellow professional
Ishpreet Singh Chadha, with the pair being described as “prodigies" of Merchant.
He was number one ranked Maharashtra player in 2022. In January 2023, he defeated India No.1 ranked player Kamal Chawla at The All India Snooker Open.
In 2023, He moved to Sheffield, England and practice in Ding Junhui Snooker Academy with former professional player Himanshu Jain and Hong Kong young snooker player Shaun Liu.
He took part in the Oceania/Asia Q School in May and June 2024, and at the second event won a two-year card on to the
World Snooker Tour following wins in the latter rounds against Kwok Wai Fung and Muhammad Naseem.
2024/25
He made his professional debut at the
2024 Championship League in
Leicester
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in June 2024. He secured his first win as a professional defeating
Andrew Higginson at the
2024 Northern Ireland Open in September 2024.
Performance and rankings timeline
References
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Living people
2002 births
Sportspeople from Mumbai
Indian snooker players