LAHORE: Porsche, Artema Medical/Black Horse Paints and Honda Chenab carved out easy victories on the opening day of the Winter Polo Cup 2017 here at the Lahore Polo Club ground on Tuesday.

Six-goal Saqib Khan Khakwani helped Porsche to outclass Diamond Paints 7-3. Bilal Hayat Noon added one more goal. For Diamond Paints, Naved Sheikh scored two, while Mir Huzaifa Ahmad struck one.

Artema Medical/Black Horse Paints registered 5-2 win over Newage. Hamza Mawaz Khan scored two, while Hamza netted one goal. The winners had two goal handicap advantage. From the losing side, Ahmed Zubair Butt banged home two goals.

In the third match, Honda Chenab defeated Bilal Steel 7-4. Bilal Haye with three goals was the main contributor. Ahmed Ali Tiwana fired two and Ghulam Mustafa Monnoo and Shaharyar Khan hit one goal apiece. From the losing side, Ahmed Nawaz Tiwana struck two while Taimur Malik and Rehan Babar converted one goal each.

On Wednesday Bilal Steel will take on Dawood Group in the day’s only match.

Published in Dawn, November 22nd, 2017