BN/Barry’s lifted the coveted trophy after edging out Remounts by 8-7 in the thrilling final of the 2nd Allama Iqbal Polo Cup 2022 sponsored by KFC that concluded here at the Jinnah Polo Fields (JPF) on Sunday.
Hamza Mawaz Khan emerged as hero of the fi-nal from BN/Barry’s, who had two goals handicap advantage, with a classic contribution of three tre-mendous goals while his teammates Ernesto Trotz banged in a brace and Hilario Ruiz Guinaziu con-verted one goal. From Remounts, Simon Prado and Nico Roberts played outstanding polo and ham-mered a hat-trick each while Imran Shahid struck one but their efforts were futile in the end.
BN/Barry’s, which had two goals handicap ad-vantage, were off to a flying start as they thrashed in three back-to-back goals to gain 5-0 lead. Just be-fore the end of the first chukker, Remounts also opened their account by converting a 30-yard pen-alty to make it 5-1. The only goals of the second chukker was converted by Remounts, which helped them further reduce the margin to 5-2.
The third chukker was evenly poised as both the sides banged in a brace each, with BN/Barry’s still enjoying a slight 7-4 lead.
The fourth and last chukker saw Remounts changing their game plan by playing aggressive polo and hammered a convincing hat-trick to level the score at 7-7. No more goal was converted and the chukker ended at 7-all. —APP
