Royal Marketing Polo: Master Paints/EFU Insurance earn victory

10 Jan, 2018

Master Paints/EFU Insurance edged past Diamond Paints by 6-4 in the Royal Marketing Pakistan Polo Cup 2018 match played here at the Lahore Polo Club (LPC) ground on Tuesday. It was a show of Taimur Mawaz Khan and Hamza Mawaz Khan, father and son, who both displayed superb polo skills and hammered a hat-trick each to guide Master Paints/EFU Insurance an impressive 6-4 triumph.
Eulogio Celestino opened the scoring for Diamond Paints off 60-yard penalty hit which was followed by an equalizer from Taimur Mawaz Khan, who struck a field goal. After that, Diamond Paints thwarted two tremendous goals - one each by Omar Malhi and Eulogio - to take healthy 3-1 lead. Hamza Mawaz turned out to be a star of the second chukker as he displayed superb pony and mallot work to change the entire game for Master Paints by hammering three goals in a row to give 4-3 lead, which was further enhanced by his father Taimur Mawaz to finish the chukker with Master Paints enjoying 5-3 lead. The third chukker proved to be a goalless while the fourth and fifth chukker was evenly poised as Taimur Mawaz added another goal in Master Paints total making it 6-3 while in the dying moments of the match; Mir Huzaifa converted one to reduce the margin to 6-4.

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