Pankaj's teammate, multiple national champion Manan Chandra successfully supported the Indian effort in the knockout stages to ensure a bronze medal.
Dhoni was awarded the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award in 2007 and the Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian honour, in 2009.
The 32-year-old has been juggling billiards and snooker quite efficiently for over a decade now, he once again lived up to the expectations in 2017 as well, taking his world title count to 18.
Advani outclassed Iran's Amir Sarkhosh 8-2 in the finals of the event at the Al Arabi Sports Club in Doha.
Advani's deadly attacking game coupled with phenomenally tight safety play helped the Indian cueist to secure his 18th World Championship title with an 8-2 win over Amir at the Al-Arabi Sports Club.
After a memorable outing in the World Billiards with a gold and bronze, Advani now has a day to switch from the 3-ball game to snooker for the World Snooker Championship commencing on Thursday.
Advani, winner of maximum number of world titles in any sport by an Indian, increased his total by one more as he dominated the remainder of the final.
Advani, who won the World 6-Red Snooker Championship in 2014 and 2015 but lost in the knock out rounds last year, said the team championship is something that he would definitely love to get his hands on.
Advani remained the only player to not lose a single individual match in the team event.
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