Sui Southern Gas Company took a flying start in the National Junior U21 hockey championship giving a hockey lesson to Sindh with a 12-0 thrashing at Faisalabad hockey stadium on Tuesday. In all three matches were played on the opening day and in the other matches, Wapda and National Bank of Pakistan emerged victorious. SSGC led 4-0 over Sindh at interval and came with full force in the following session to dum their ever struggling opponents with the addition of another eight goals.
Scorers, SSGC: Arslan Sherazi 2 Goals 14th & 48th minutes (FG), Mohammad Asif 16th minute (FG), Sohail 23rd minute (PC), Ahmed Ali 35th minute (FG), Abdul Qayyum 2 Goals 38th & 52nd minutes (FG), Zahid 52nd minute (FG), M. Rizwan 3 Goals 56th, 65th & 69th minutes (FG) & Mohammad Naveed 58th minute (PC).
Wapda finished the first half 3-0 against Punjab White and seemed contended with their first half lead and rarely came up with lively moves .
WAPDA: Aleem Bilal 3rd minute (PC), Tasawar Abbas 6th minute (FG) & M. Irfan 33rd minute (FG).
NBP gained 4-0 lead against Pakistan Education Boards at half time and added four goals in the second half to enjoy all time supremacy in the match with coordination and astute planning.
Scorers, NBP: Mohamad Tousiq 3 Goals 6th & 70th minutes (PC) & 49th minute (FG), Mohammad Dilber 3 Goals 13th & 21st minutes (FG) & 24th minute (PC) & Umer Bhutta 2 Goals 68th & 69th minutes (FG). Matches for tomorrow, Wednesday,
Punjab vs Balochistan, Army vs Sindh, KPK vs Islamabad, Punjab Colour vs Pak Boards. Mian Asif, Director Local Government inaugurated the event. On the Occasion, Organising Secretary, former Olympian Rana Mujahid Ali, Tournament Director Muhammad Farooq Khan, former Olympians Anjum Saeed, Danish Kaleem,Shafqat Malik and officials of DHA Faisalabad were also present.
