India-A to fight Manipur in final
Source: Hueiyen News Service

Imphal, November 28 2012: After winning their respective semi final matches today, India–B (Manipur) and India–A is all set to clash for the champion's trophy tomorrow in the final of the 6th Manipur Polo International organised by Manipur Horse Riding and Polo Association at Mapal Kangjeibung, Imphal.

The first semi final match was played between India–B (Manipur) and Thailand.

In a spectacular match, Manipur beat Thailand 9-1 and entered the final.

In the first chukker, S Bimol of Manipur scored two goals while Thailand failed to score any goal.

The situation was same for Thailand in the second and third chukker while Manipur continued to add more goals.

In the second chukker, M Jawan of Manipur scored one goal while T Pradipkumar and M Jawan scored one goal each in the third chukker.

In the fourth chukker, T Pradipkumar scored two goals while his teammates S Bimol and P Ojit scored one goal each.

On the other hand, Thailand's Federico Bochman scored the lone goal of his team in the fourth chukker.

Later in the second semi final match, India–A beat England 5-3 in a tough fight and entered the final.

India–A opened their goal account in the first chukker while England failed to mark its goal account.

In the second chukker, England scored one goal while India scored two.

Commander D Saha and Lt Col Prashant Thakur scored the two goals of India while the goal openner of England was drawn by Rupert Durff.

In the third chukker too, India scored two goals while England could add only one.

Naveen Singh scored both the goals of India in the chukker while Paul De Rivaz scored the goal of England.

However, in the fourth chukker, India failed to score any goal while England managed to add one more goal only to get ousted from the tournament.

The goal of England was scored by Rupert Durff.

Now, Manipur will fight India–A in the final tomorrow.

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