Black Horse to face Honda Chenab in Shoe Planet Polo cup Final
Black Horse Paints/Artema Medical is all set to play the main final of Shoe Planet Polo Cup 2017 against Honda Chenab after defeating Newage at Lahore Polo Club ground.
Black horse paints/Artema Medical and Newage started the match to secure the final berth where Black horse paints/Artema Medical had a 2 goals handicap advantage over the opponents but the thrilling encounter ended in favor of Black horse paints/Artema Medical with the score of 8-7. Hamza Mawaz Khan once again came to rescue his team was the hero of the day as he hammered 5 beautiful field goals that includes the match winning final goal in the fourth and last last chukker. Ahmed Bilal Riaz (one goal) completed the tally for the victors. From the losing side, Shah Shamyl Alam scored a quartet while Ahmed Zubair Butt scored a brace and Adnan Jalil Azam struck one.
With a 2 goals handicap advantage for Black horse paints/Artema Medical they added 2 more goals to take 4-0 lead in the 1st chukker. Newage scored a goal to reduce the lead 4-1. Black horse paints/Artema Medical continued its dominance over the opponents in the 2nd chukker and fired 2 more goals which was soon reduced by Newage to make score 6-2. Newage changed its strategy and started avenge in the 3rd and 4th chukkers as they furiously fired 4 goals and leveled the game 6-6, which remained intact till the final whistle was blown. The match entered the sudden death chukker, where Hamza Mawaz hammered a match-winning goal to help Black Horse Paints win the encounter 8-7.
In the other game, Dawood Group thrashed Sakuf and Diamond Paints under the American system to reach in subsidiary final. Dawood Group first outpaced Diamond Paints 5-1 and then edged past Sakuf 4-3 to emerge as winners.
The main final is scheduled to play at 3:00 PM tomorrow between Black Horse Paints/Artema Medical and Honda Chenab while in the subsidiary final Dawood Group to take Elan at 1:45 pm. Servis Sales Corporation CEO Shahid Hussain will grace the finals as chief guest.
