Total Nutrition and Guard Group registered victories in the Aquafina Polo Cup 2019 matches played here at the Lahore Polo Club (LPC) ground on Wednesday.

In the first match of the day, Total Nutrition edged out Pebble Breakers by 5-4. Total Nutrition's Bilal Haye played heroics role in narrow victory as he smashed in a quartet from the winning side while Ahmed Zubair Butt struck one.

Pebble Breakers started the first chukker of the match with a field goal by Ahmed Ali Tiwana to take 1-0 lead which was soon equalized by Total Nutrition's Bilal Haye at 1-all. The second chukker was fully dominated by Pebble Breakers, who banged in two back-to-back goals through Farasat Ali and M. Waheed to gain 3-1 lead. The third chukker was evenly poised as both the sides scored one goal each through Ahmed Ali (Pebble Breakers) and Bilal Haye (Total Nutrition) but Pebble Breakers were still enjoying 4-2 lead.

The fourth and last chukker proved to be a 'game changer' as Total Nutrition changed their game plan and started playing aggressively, which helped them put their opponents on the back-foot and score a hat-trick of goals to take 5-4 lead, which remained intact till the final whistle.

In the second match of the day played among three teams on American System, Guard Group emerged as the winners by beating Barry's and Diamond Paints respectively. In the first two-chukker match of the day, Diamond Paints outperformed Barry's by 5-21/2. In the second two-chukker match, Guard Group thrashed Barry's by 4-1/2.

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