Teams of Indian Navy and 61 Cavalry will face each other in the final of Maharaja Ranjit Singh National Polo Trophy on Saturday. Two semifinal matches were played at Chandigarh Polo Club today. In the first semifinal, Indian Navy defeated…
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Teams of Indian Navy and 61 Cavalry will face each other in the final of Maharaja Ranjit Singh National Polo Trophy on Saturday. Two semifinal matches were played at Chandigarh Polo Club today.
In the first semifinal, Indian Navy defeated Army Service Corps (ASC) in a thrilling finish by 10-7. ASC took a slight 4-3 lead in the first round. Dhruvpal Godara scored a hat-trick for Navy while Major Karamat Ali (3 goals) was the key scorer for the opposition.
Navy bounced back in the second round with 5-3 in their favour. Key striker Godhara maintained the momentum with two shoots to the goal post reading the scoreline 8-6 at the end of third round. Major Karamat Ali missed two close goals. Godhara once again scored two more goals and sealed the win for Navy with 10-7. Naik Ravindra Mang was sole scorer for ASC in this round.
In second semifinal, 61 Cavalry outclassed Rajasthan Polo Club (RPC) 7-4.5. The trio of Lt Col Vishal Chauhan, Major Anant Rajpurohit and Captain Anmol Wariach gave 61 Cavalry a lead of 3-1.5. A 15-yard penalty converted by Chauhan strengthened the lead of 61 Cavlary. Thereafter, two back to back two goals from by Alan Shaun Michael gave RPC the lead for the first time with 4.5-4 after scond round. Cavalry used all its experience in the third and fourth rounds by not scoring three goals but avoiding any goal to be conceeded. 61 Cavalry steered their team home with the final scoreline of 7-4.5.