Into The Semifinals | IPG Col Girdhari Singh Memorial Cup

The 30th of November, 2019 was all set to get the action live for the semifinals of the IPG Col Girdhari Singh Memorial Cup.

The first goal of the match was in favor of Jindal Panther where Simran Singh Shergill marked the goal. This was followed by Padmanabh Singh taking the lead but the ball deflected. Taking the ball back in control, Padmanabh Singh grabbed the first goal for his team.

The second chukker started with a 30 yard penalty shot in favor of Jindal Panther, but unfortunately Phil Seller missed the chance. But, the team got another 30 yard penalty shot in their favor and this time without taking chances, Phil Seller grabbed the goal in favor of Jindal Panther, marking it as the second goal for the team. Equalling the scores was Padmanabh Singh who grabbed the second goal for his team.

The half time had a change of players were Sangram Singh came into play instead of Sep Mukesh Gurjar.
Following this was a 60 yard penalty in favor of Rajnigandha Achievers which was taken by Daniel Otamendi. With a long shot, he turned the opportunity into the third goal for the team. In the next minute, Jindal Panther had a spot hit in their favor, grabbing which, Simran Shergill bagged the third goal for the team. With this, team Rajnigandha Achievers came into action with Padmanabh Singh once again on strike. In a tight shot, he controlled the ball and a hit had the fourth goal in favor of Rajnigandha Achievers.

The chukker started of with Daniel Otamendi taking grip of the ball to bracket the fifth goal for his team. This was followed by Kuldeep Singh Rathore taking the lead to grab the sixth goal for Rajnigandha Achievers. With this Rajnigandha Achievers were in lead with 6 goals to 3. In a penalty shot, Rajnigandha Achievers grabbed yet another goal from 30 yard penalty and Daniel Otamendi in action. This was quickly answered by Venkatesh Jindal who took a solo run through the ground and in a clean smooth shot the ball went rolling through the goal post marking the fourth goal of Jindal Panther. Jindal Panther team had to still work hard to make a come back into the game which was still in the plate of Rajnigandha Achievers.

The last chukker of the semifinals first match started off with Daniel Otamendi taking the lead to grab the eighth goal for Rajnigandha Achievers. With this, Jindal Panther were granted a 60 yard penalty shot that was taken by Simran Shergill. He used the opportunity to grab the fifth goal for his team. Galloping into the game ahead, Jindal Panther in their favor had yet another 30 yard penalty which was played by Phil Seller. With this, Jindal Panther had 6 goals against 8 of Rajnigandha Achievers. The match went speeding with Simran Singh Shergill taking a clean through the goal post with the ball and marked the seventh goal for Jindal Panther. Simran’s horse was almost unstoppable and he went running ahead just before they would run into the trees. The umpire called for play and once again Jindal Panther got spot hit where from the middle of the ground Simran Shergill tapped the ball before passing to Phil Seller. But the match ended in favor of Rajnigandha Achievers.

The match started off with Adie Broswon on strike with Basheer Ali in action where he grabbed the first goal of the match. Moving ahead in the game, it was still Adie Broswon who maintained their lead with 2 goals to nil with Dhananjay Singh grabbing the second goal.

The second chukker did not see any further changes on the scoreboard.

The third chukker had in action Col Girdhari Singh ASC had Naveen Singh on strike for a 30 yard penalty shot. This marked the first goal of the team.

The last chukker of the match had Salim Azmi on strike where he grabbed the third goal for his team. This was followed by Naveen Singh taking the lead for a 40 yard penalty. This had the second for team ASC. Following the similar pattern, Naveen Singh grabbed yet another goal for Col Girdhari Singh ASC, bringing the scoreboard to an equal score.

The match entered into an extra chukker where Basheer Ali took the golden goal in favor of Adie Broswon.