X Polo Club, MPSC-B romp to State polo semifinals
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, January 23 2023:
X Polo Club and MPSC-B were the first two teams to book semifinal spots of the 38th Men's State Level Polo Tournament 2023, following their victories on Monday.
X Polo Club romped past K&MMRS-A 9-3 in their quarterfinal encounter.
The X Polo riders were ruthless in the opening chuk-ker as they rained goals on their opponents for a com manding 5-0 lead, powered by the heroics of L Atang-ba Singh who hammered a treble, coupled with one goal each from P Ojit and L Kokeshwor.
In the next chukker, X Polo added two goals through Kokeshwor and Th Jacob Singh while K&MMRS managed to get a pair of goals through Dhaneshwor.
X Polo, however, went into a lull in the third chukker, where their opponents scored one goal with a strike from W Johny.
In the fourth chukker, X Polo made sure of their 9-3 hammering of K&MMRS and semifinal berth by closing out the game in style with two goals courtesy of Th Jacob and Kokeshwor.
MPSC-B, meanwhile, strolled to an 11-5 win over Paradise Polo Club-A on their way to the final four.
H Abung Khuman made the most of the rout, producing a six-goal blitz as teammate T Pradeepkumar impressed with four goals and Th Romen Singh contributed one.
On the other hand, four of Paradise PC's goals were scored by K Samananda, with H Sanjoy getting the remaining one.
MPSC-B and X Polo Club will square off in the first semifinal on January 27 .