Men's State Level Polo : LKL-A, MPSC-A gallop into pre-quarters
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, January 18 2023:
Linthoi-nganbi Kangjei Lup (LKL)-A and MPSC-A entered prequarter finals of the 3 8 th Men's State Level Polo Tournament being organised by the All Manipur Polo Association at Mapal Kangjeibung.
In the first match of the day, LKL-A outlasted Assam Rifles Polo Team by 5-2 goals.
Assam Rifles Polo Team led the first chukker 2-1 thanks to Kh Shusilo double but LKL-A overturned the lead in the second chukker before adding a goal each in the third and the fourth chukkers for the 5-2 finish.
Swama Kangjam scored for LKL-A in between Kh Shusilo's goals in the first chukker while Doller Seram and Umesh scored a goal each in the second chukker to make it 3-2 .
L Rohit Singh scored LKL-A's fourth goal in the third chukker before Doller scored his second and team's third in the fourth chukker.
LKL-A will play MPSC-B in the pre-quarter final match on January 21 .
In the other match of the day, MPSC-A rode on doubles from Th Ranjit and Y Binoy to beat Khuman Polo Club 6-2.Th Ranjit, Kh Dinesh and Y Binoy scored a goal each in the first chukker to give MPSC-A a 3-1 lead as Rabikanta scored one for Khuman PC.
Y Binoy and M Vivekananda then scored a goal each to extend MPSC-A's lead to 5-1 at halftime.
The third chuker saw L Roshan score one to make it 2-5 before Th Ranjit completed his double and wrapped up the game 6-2 in favour of MPSC-A .