WAPDA hammered Balochistan by 13 goals in the All Pakistan NBP Gold Cup Hockey Tournament at Faisalabad Hockey Stadium. On Wednesday three matches were played with wins for WAPDA, Port Qasim and NBP.
WAPDA scored eight goals in the first half. Muhammad Imran came up with five goals, Rehan Butt, Suleman and Rana Umair produced two goals each while Muhammad Zubair and Muhammad Irfan shared one.
Port Qasim beat Sindh 3-2. Port Qasim were well in control of the game by the breather but wilted in the second session to concede two goals after leading the first half by three goals. Port Qasim got their goals from Abbas Haider who hit two goals while and Samiullah Khan banged the board once. Sindh responded through Shujaat Ali twice.
NBP beat Railways by 9-0. The winners got three goals in the first 35 minutes. Akhtar Ali hit three goals while Muhammad Atiq got two and Sabtain Raza, Muhammad Dilber, Yasir Shabbir and Arslan Qadir shared one goal each.
Olympian Saleem Sherwani was the chief guest on the last match between NBP and Railway. Organising Secretary Olympian Rana Mujahid Ali, Tournament Director Olympian Khalid Bashir, Haji Rana Muhammad Mazhar Khan President DHA Faisalabad, Olympian Danish Kaleem, Olympian Malik Shafqat, Olympian Anjum Saeed, international Shahid Hussain, international Shahzad Chishti, Mr. Ghulam Muhammad Khan, Advisor to Sports National Bank and officials of DHA were also present on the occasion.
