Alok Kumar

Alok Kumar, born on 5 October 1968 in Mandi Gobindgarh in Punjab, is an Indian cue sports player who has had success at English billiards, snooker and pool, and is counted among the best Indian players of his time in all three. He received the Arjuna Award in 2004 for his services to billiards. In English billiards he won the Indian championship six times, became Asian champion in 2011, reached the final of the 2013 IBSF World Billiards Championship in the 150-up format and helped India win the team world title in 2014. In snooker he also won six Indian titles and the 2004 Asian championship. At pool he won the Indian nine-ball title in 2002 and both the eight-ball and nine-ball titles in 2011, took bronze in eight-ball at the 2010 Asian Games and was part of the Indian team at the World Cup of Pool in 2006 and 2008.