LAHORE – National Bank, Rijas and Guard Group/Diamond Paints won their matches on the opening day of The Cool & Cool Lahore Open Polo Cup that began here at the LPC ground on Monday. National Bank defeated Master Paints 8-7 with goals coming from Shiraz Qureshi, Shahid Hayat and Ahmed Ali Tiwana while the scorers from the losing side were Sufi Muhammad Haris and Ahmed Nawaz Tiwana and Sufi Muhammad Aamir. Rijas defeated Frontier Scouts 6-3 with Saqib Khan Khakwani playing the major role.
Atif Tiwana and Faisal Shahzad also made their contributions. Maj. Kaiser Trimzi, Nauman Wasif and Kasim Ahmad Khan reduced the margin of defeat. Guard Group/Diamond Paints beat Marlboro by 4-3. Raja Samiullah, Taimur Ali Malik and Asif Tiwana were the winning team’s scorers while Hassan Ali Farrukh and Raja Sattar fought from the losing side. Shah Qublai Alam, Bilal Haye, Raja Arsalan Najeeb, Shah Shamyl Alam, Usman Haye and Maj. Omer Minhas supervised the matches.
