38th Men's State Level Polo Tournament : X-Polo Club, MPSC-C cruise into quarter finals
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, January 20 2023:
X-Polo Club-Wangkhei crushed Chingkheihunba Polo Club 9-1 and MPSC-C demolished Lingthoinganbi Kangjei Lup (LKL)-B by 11-1 margin to secure quarter final berths in the ongoing 38th Men's State Level Polo Tournament organised by All Manipur Polo Association at Mapal Kangjeibung.
In the first pre-quarter final match of the day, L Atangba banged home four goals alone to guide X-Polo Club to a huge 9-1 win.
P Ojit and Th Jacob also scored two goals each in the team's win.
Atangba scored three goals back to back in the first chukker as Chingkheihunba PC drew a blank and scored his fourth goal in the fourth chukker after P Ojit opened his account to make it 5-0 at halftime.
Th Jacob scored twice and Ojit added another in the third chukker which saw Th Manisana scoring the only goal for the losing team and L Kokeshwor scored one in the fourth chukker to set up the 9-1 victory for X-Polo Club.
Later in the other pre-quarter final clash, MPSC-C came out all guns blazing and rode on four goals from Abungcha, three goals from S Bimol and two goals each from M Jawan and T Roshan to seal an 11-1 victory.
MPSC-C led the first chukker 3-0 with T Roshan, S Bimol and M Jawan scoring a goal each.
LKL-B scored a goal through Prakash Bandari in the opening minute of the second chukker which saw M Jawan completing his double and made it 4-1 .
S Abungcha then scored four of his four goals in the third chukker to give MPSC-C an 8-1 lead before S Bimol scored twice and T Roshan scored one in the final chukker to make the final scoreline read 11-1 .