Maintaining the spirit high, all the four teams that had qualified for the semi-finals of IPG Col Girdhari Singh Memorial Cup got down on the ground to battle out in the semi finals for one last time in the Delhi Polo Season 2018. The day saw the following matches at JPG…
Match 1- Jindal panther vs Col Girdhari Singh ASC
| JINDAL PANTHER | COL GIRDHARI SINGH ASC |
|---|---|
| Mr. Shubham Gupta (-2) | Sep Ravindra Mang (-2) |
| Mr. Siddhant Sharma (+4) | Mr. Naveen Singh (+2) |
| Mr. Simran Shergill (+6) | Col GS Pandher (+2) |
| Mr. Naveen Jindal (0) | Mr. Samir Suhag (+5) |
The first match of the day started off with Simran Shergill striking the ball towards the goal post in no time after the match got into play. He in fierce action had the opening goal in favor of his team. The quick move was followed by Col GS Pandher counter attack which had the score at 1-1.5. Getting into action once again, Simran bagged another goal for the team at 60 yard penalty. The chukker wrapped at 2-1.5. The closeness of the match was still maintained in the next chukker when Naveen Singh got into action and stroke the second goal for Col Girdhari Singh ASC. After his attack, it was the patron of Jindal Panther who got into action to stroke the third goal in favor of his team. But keeping the spirit of the game high, Samir Suhag stroke another goal maintaining a score of 3-3.5 at the end of second chukker. With just a difference of 0.5, both the teams galloped into the third chukker, where Col GS Pandher got into fierce action and stroke the fourth goal for the team, and complimenting his move, Naveen Singh stroke once again in no time. The attacks by Col Girdhari Singh ASC team had pressure building on Jindal Panthers and thus Simran came into play to bag the fourth goal for his team. The score wrapped at 4-5.5 at the end of the third chukker. The last and final chukker of the game started off with a 30 yard penalty in favor of Jindal Panther that had Siddhant on strike. This was followed by Simran’s another goal. It was as if Jindals have already won the match when Samir Suhag stroke the last goal in form of 30 yard penalty shot and the fate of the game changed completely where Col GS Pandher qualified for the finals at 6-6.5
Match 2 – 61 Cavalry vs Rajnigandha Achievers
| 61 CAVALRY | RAJNIGANDHA ACHIEVERS |
|---|---|
| Capt Mrityunjay Chouhan (-2) | Mr. Hurr Ali (-2) |
| Maj Aman Singh (+1) | Mr. Deepak Udar (+1) |
| Lt Col Vishal Chauhan (+4) | Mr. Salim Azmi (+3) |
| Mr. Basheer Ali (+5) | Mr. Matthew Perry (+6) |
The second match of the day had 61 Cavalry and Rajnigandha Achievers battle against each other to qualify for the finals. The match got into action with Matthew Perry on strike where he bagged the first goal for the team. Even after being ill, he maintained the sportsman spirit and played the entire match in his best form to lead the team towards the finals. The first chukker witnessed no other progress and galloped quickly into the next chukker where it again started off with the action of Matthew Perry, who stroke the second goal for Rajnigandha Achievers. This was followed by another goal from Basheer Ali, marking the first goal for 61 Cavalry. Getting into action once again after the break, Matthew Perry stroke the third goal. Keeping the pace of the game similar, 61 Cavalry attacked another goal. The chukker wrapped at 3-2. After the half time, the game got into action once again, where Salim Azmi, complimenting the attempt of Matthew Perry controlled the bouncing ball to stroke the fourth goal for Rajnigandha Achievers, while Lt Col Vishal Chauhan governed the field for the next minute to bag in the third goal for 61 Cavalry. The chukker wrapped at 4-3, with Rajnigandha Achievers in lead by just one goal. But the last chukker of the game had the destiny of the teams clear, where Rajnigandha Achievers had stroke three goals back to back against one goal of 61 Cavalry, where Rajnigandha Achievers came out as the winners of the second match of the semi-finals at 7-4. The finals of the cup thus will be taking place between Rajnigandha Achievers and Col Girdhari Singh ASC.
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