The first match of Day 4 at The H.H. Maharaja of Jodhpur Cup (8 Goals) Tournament, 20th Jodhpur Polo Season, 2019 was played between Jodhpur Central Academy and Los Polistas. The players were introduced as Jodhpur Central Academy in yellow was ready to take on Los Polistas in Navy Blue. Mr. Nicholas Scortichini and Mr. Emilio Urrea Kirby was the umpire and Mr. Dhananjay Singh Rathore was the referee for the match. Apji Vijay Singh and Mr. Ankur Mishra were the commentators for the match.
Jodhpur Central Academy | Los Polistas | |
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Mr. Shubham Gupta -2 | Mr. Mansur Pathan -2 | |
R.K. Janmejai Singh +1 | Bh. Hemendra Singh ±0 | |
Syed Basheer Ali +4 | Mr. Le Roux Hendrix +4 | |
Mr. Dhruvpal Godara +5 | Mr. Samir Suhag +5 |
The match started with a +0.5 handicap lead for Los Polistas, The first chukker started with high heated action as Mr. Le Roux Hendrix scored the first goal for Polistas. Mr. Dhruvpal Godara scored the first goal taking the ball all by himself to strike a long hitting shot across the goal post. The first chukker scores were:
Chukker 1
Jodhpur Central Academy- 1
Vs
Los Polistas- 1.5
Second chukker was a delightful show of tackling and overtaking as fouls were being played. Mr. Samir Suhag his first goal by converting a spot penalty shot. He continued the flow by giving a clean pass to Bh. Hemendra Singh who converted it into a goal tackling through the defense of opposition. For Jodhpur Central Academy, Dhruvpal Godara scored his second stunner winding the second chukker scores at:
Chukker 2
Jodhpur Central Academy- 2
Vs
Los Polistas- 3.5
Trailing on the scoreboard, Central Academy came back on the field to take the charge in the third chukker. A well synchronized team work was played as R.K. Janmejai Singh scored a striking goal. Dhruvpal Godara scored a hat-trick to take their team in the lead as no goal was scored by Los Polistas with the scores at the end of third chukker set at:
Chukker 3
Jodhpur Central Academy- 6
Vs
Los Polistas- 3.5
In the fourth and final chukker, Los Polistas came back fighting to get back into the match. Le Roux scored two goals as Mr. Mansur Pathan scored a beautiful goal on a backhand pass by Hemendra Singh. Dhruvpal Godara scored the last goal of the match deciding the winners as Jodhpur Central Academy overpowered Los Polistas by a close difference of 7 goals to 6.5 The final scoreboard was:
Chukker 4
Jodhpur Central Academy- 7
Vs
Los Polistas- 6.5