Manipur win in campaign opener
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, November 24 2013:
Defending champions Manipur (India-B) opened its campaign in the 7th Manipur Polo International with an 11-3 defeat of India-A while USA outclassed Thailand 14-6 to register its second consecutive win on the second day of the competition at Imphal Pologround today.
M Jawan was the star in the Manipur victory with four of the team goals with P Ojit and S Bimol sharing six between them.
S Somorjit was the other scorer.
Raghav Rao scored all three IPA-A goals but his individual brilliance could not prevent the rivals from scripting the easy win.
Earlier, Peter Blake led the USA scoring eight of the goals followed by two each from Mason Wroe, Weston Gracida and Johny Levine.
For Thailand, whose scoresheet remained static in the first and third chukkers scored through Subachal Sukhampa (4), Vorajit Wongkraso and Nara Ketusingha.