LAHORE\u00a0\u00a0 –\u00a0 BN Polo and Diamond Paints won the opening day matches of the Aquafina Allama Iqbal Polo Cup 2021 played here at\u00a0Jinnah\u00a0Polo and Country Club (JP&CC) ground on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Eulogio Celestino fired in fabulous five goals in BN Polo\u2019s 10-6 victory over Newage\/Rizvi\u2019s in the first match of the opening day. Raja Mikail Sami and Tito Ruiz Guinazu also played well and converted a brace each while Babar Naseem struck one. From Newage\/Rizvi\u2019s, the major contribution came from Salvador Ulloa, who smashed in superb five goals while Syed Turab Rizvi hit one. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
BN Polo started the match well and converted two against one goal by Newage\/Rizvi\u2019s to take 2-1 lead. Newage bounced back in style by hammering a hat-trick of goals against one by BN Polo to gain a slight 4-3 lead. The third chukker saw total dominance of BN Polo, who converted back-to-back five goals to earn a healthy 8-4 lead. They added two more goals in their tally in the fourth and last chukker, thus took 10-4 lead while Newage struck two goals, but lost the match by 6-10.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The closely contested second encounter of the day was won by Diamond Paints, who defeated DS Polo\/ASC by 9\u00bd-8. Ramiro Zaveletta and Saqib Khan Khakwani played outstanding polo and converted five and two goals respectively for Diamond Paints, who had two and a half goal handicap advantage. From DS Polo\/ASC, Hissam Ali Hyder smashed in sterling six while Maxwell Charlton and Ahmed Bilal Riaz scored one apiece. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Diamond Paints started the match having 2\u00bd goals handicap advantage, while they banged in a brace to enhance their lead 4\u00bd-0. In the dying moments of the first chukker, DS Polo\/ASC converted one to reduce the margin to 4\u00bd-1. Diamond Paints made a good comeback in the second chukker, thrashing two back-to-back goals to enhance their lead to 6\u00bd-1. But DS Polo\/ASC also bounced back well and hammered a hat-trick of goals to make it 6\u00bd-4. DS Polo\/ASC continued their good show in the third chukker by scoring three back-to-back goals to gain a slight 7-6\u00bd lead but Diamond Paints then converted a brace to get back 8\u00bd-7 lead. The fourth and last chukker was evenly poised, where both the teams scored one goal apiece, thus Diamond Paints won the match 9\u00bd-8.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
LAHORE\u00a0\u00a0 –\u00a0 BN Polo and Diamond Paints won the opening day matches of the Aquafina Allama Iqbal Polo Cup 2021 played here at\u00a0Jinnah\u00a0Polo and Country Club (JP&CC) ground on Tuesday. Eulogio Celestino fired in fabulous five goals in BN Polo\u2019s 10-6 victory over Newage\/Rizvi\u2019s in […]<\/p>\n
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