Black Horse Paints/Artema Medical and Newage Wednesday registered victories in the Shoe Planet Polo Cup 2017 being played here at the Lahore Polo Club (LPC) ground. The first match of the day played among Black Horse Paints/Artema Medical, Dawood Group and Sakuf under American system. Black Horse Paints first defeated Dawood Group 3-1, who outclassed Sakuf 5-1, while Black Horse Paints routed Sakuf 4-0 to emerge as winners and qualified for the next round.
The second encounter of the day saw joint effort of Adnan Jalil Azam and Shah Shamyl Alam helped Newage outclass Diamond Paints 10-41/2. Both Adnan and Shamyl hammered in a hat-trick apiece in their team's triumph while Alman Jalil Azam (two goals) and Ahmed Zubair Butt (two goals) completed the tally.