Some of snooker’s top stars at heading to India for the five-day tournament, which had to be delayed after flooding in September last year.

The Kerala region was left devastated, and the event was put back until Wednesday, February 27.

World Snooker boss Barry Hearn said: “The World Snooker Tour is fortunate to be able to visit Incredible India each year for this fantastic event. Everyone at World Snooker and the WPBSA has been devastated to hear about the horrendous flooding.”

John Higgins in the defending champion, and is heading to Asia to defend his title.

The tournament has been on the calendar since 2013, and along with Higgins, Anthony McGill, Michael White and Ding Junhui have all been crowned winners.

Some big names are sitting out the Indian Open, with the likes of Ronnie O’Sullivan, Judd Trump and Neil Robertson all staying at home rather than travelling to the event.

But there’s still a packed field looking to bag the £50,000 on offer to the winner.

Indian Open snooker draw

Wednesday February 27

Qualifying Round - from 5.30am UK time

Dominic Dale [33] v Asutosh Padhy (a)

Ben Woollaston [25] v Shrikrishna Suryanarayanan (a)

Zhou Yuelong [19] v Laxman Rawat (a)

Jack Lisowski [13] v Himanshu Dinesh Jain (a)

John Higgins [1] v Ashley Hugill [68]

Shaun Murphy [2] v Lucky Vatnani (a)

Round One - from 5.30am UK time

Stuart Bingham [5] v Peter Lines [60]

Hamza Akbar [75] v Li Hang [24]

Yan Bingtao [12] v Gerard Greene [53]

Ashley Carty [84] v Joe Perry [9]

Sam Craigie [87] v Liang Wenbo [8]

Gary Wilson [28] v John Astley

Lu Ning v Liam Highfield [44]

Fergal O'Brien [36] v Oliver Lines [83]

Robin Hull [61] v Soheil Vahedi [72]

Michael White [16] v James Cahill (a)

Matthew Selt [45] v Tom Ford [20]

Eden Sharav [70] v Michael Georgiou [35]

Thursday February 28 - from 5.30am UK time

Round One - from 5.30am UK time

Hossein Vafaei [32] v Dale / Padhy

David B Gilbert [17] v Elliot Slessor

Luke Simmonds (a) v Mei Xiwen [89]

Luca Brecel [7] v Ian Burns [58]

Alexander Ursenbacher [54] v Graeme Dott [11]

Paul S Davison [71] v Mark Davis [27]

Digvijay Kadian (a) v Andrew Higginson [39]

Jimmy Robertson [23] v Scott Donaldson [42]

Peter Ebdon [40] v Woollaston / Suryanarayanan

Thepchaiya Un-Nooh [43] v Michael Holt [22]

Yuan Sijun [59] v Thor Chuan Leong

Craig Steadman [81] v Zhang Yong [55]

Andy Hicks (a) v Li Yuan [62]

Zhou Yuelong / Rawat v Lü Haotian [46]

Sam Baird v Zhao Xintong [82]

Lee Walker [90] v S Murphy / Vatnani

J Higgins / Hugill v Duane Jones [64]

Joe Swail [73] v Lisowski / Jain

Rory McLeod [47] v Anthony Hamilton [18]

Chris Wakelin [34] v Stuart Carrington [31]

Friday March 1

Round Two

tbd / D Jones v Vafaei / tbd

Michael White / Cahill v D B Gilbert / Slessor

Akbar / Li Hang v Carty / Perry

Ebdon / tbd v Sam Craigie / Liang Wenbo

Bingham / P Lines v G Wilson / John Astley

Yan Bingtao / Gerard Greene v Lu Ning / Highfield

Selt / Ford v Swail / tbd

F O'Brien / O Lines v Hull / Vahedi

Hicks / Li Yuan v Sharav / Georgiou

Simmonds / Mei Xiwen v tbd / Lü Haotian

Un-Nooh / Holt v Ursenbacher / Dott

P S Davison / Mark Davis v Yuan Sijun / Chuan Leong

Brecel / Burns v Kadian / Higginson

Steadman / Zhang Yong v J Robertson / Donaldson

McLeod / Hamilton v Baird / Zhao Xintong

Wakelin / Carrington v L Walker / tbd

Saturday March 2

Round Three

Quarter-finals

Sunday March 3

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Source- DailyStar