Despite the presence of Asia's best, including current Asian champion Mohammed Yousuf, Pakistan could not put up any serious resistance against India, led by former Asian champion Yasin Merchant.

Pakistan conceded a 5-1 lead half-way through the match and could not recover from the initial setback. Pakistan's Yousuf went down tamely to Merchant in the first match and in final fixture after the tie was decided, Yousuf lost to Alok Kumar.

Rafat Habib and Dharmender Lily, who lost games on Tuesday, earned two points each with fine wins.

Results: Overall scores (Indian names first): Y Merchant bt M Yousuf 4-1; D Joshi lost to S Muhammed 0-4; A Shandilya bt F Mirza 4-3; D Lilly bt N Perwani 4-2; A Kumar bt Vishan 5-1.

Secondsession: Y Merchant lost to S Muhammed 0-4; Joshi lost to F Mirza 3-4; A Shandilya lost to N Perwani 3-4; D Lily bt S Shah 4-1; R Habib bt Visha N 4-0; A Kumar bt M Yousuf 4-0.

Mussoorie tourney

NEW DELHI: World Professional billiards champion Geet Sethi, former Asian champion Yasin Merchant will vie for top honours along with five foreign stars in the S Chand-Jaypee International snooker tournament in Mussoorie from November 3 to 9.

Yasin Merchant, fresh from NSCI, Mumbai Open tournament triumph, is drawn in Group A along with Paput Sakum (Thailand), Rishab Thukral and Dharminder Lily.