Barry's and BBJ Polo Team carved out thrilling victories in the Diamond Paints Lahore Open Polo Championship 2016 league round matches played here at the Lahore Polo Club ground on Thursday. In the match first day of the match played between Barry's and Guard Group/Newage, the former defeated the latter 8-6.
Guard Group were leading the match till the third chukker, but in the dying moments of the third chukker, Barry's made a strong comeback and started scoring goals one-after-another while in the fourth chukker, Barry's took control of the match by taking 8-6 lead, which remained intact till the final whistle was blown.
Raja Samiuallah displayed tremendous polo and thwarted fabulous four goals while Hamza Mawaz Khan contributed with three goals and Jameel-ur-Rehman one. From the losing side, Hissam Ali Hyder and Alman Jalil Azam scored two goals each while Adnan Jalil Azam and Taimur Ali Malik hit one goal apiece.
BBJ Polo Team registered a thrilling 6-5 triumph against Diamond Paints in the second encounter of the day. Diamond Paints started the match in great style and took an impressive lead, which remained intact till the beginning of the fourth and last chukker, but BBJ Polo Team bounced back in style and pumped in two tremendous goals to finish the match as triumphant, having 6-5 lead.
Taimur Mawaz Khan was star of the day for BBJ Polo Team as he hammered a hat-trick while Bilal Haye scored a brace and Abdul Rehman Monnoo hit one. From Diamond Paints, Crispo displayed top quality polo and scored all the five goals but his heroics couldn't save his team from the defeat.