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Bangalore keeps winning

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Bangalore keeps winning

BANGALORE: Bangalore continued its winning ways in the Inter-City polo tournament at the Agram Riding and Polo Academy ground here on Wednesday.

In the opening match of the Gold Cup tournament, the host team consisting of riders from the ARPA defeated Jaipur by six goals to four and a half. The Jaipur team comprises of riders from the 61st Cavalry.

Bangalore, fresh from its success in the Silver Cup final on May Day, was again in the thick of action from the very first chukker. Major S.K. Yadav better known as `SKY' in the Polo circles opened up the scoring and the other prolific scorer from the APRC Major Nakul Yadav was a perfect foil for Sanjeev, scoring the second goal. S.K. Yadav made the score three goals to half at the end of the second chukker.

Nakul Yadav scored twice for Bangalore in the third chukker and the Jaipur team which looked ragged till then, finally got its act together with Naib Risaldar Bhavani Singh scoring Jaipur's first goal. Capt Faiz Siddiqui brought up Bangalore's final goal.The final chukker saw Jaipur bridging the margin considerably. A 30-yard free hit was converted by zero handicapper Captain Jaideep Singh. Sawar Sanjay Singh scored a peach of a goal and Bhavani Singh was also on target. Bangalore's runaway lead from the first three chukkers ensured a 6-4.5 win for the home side.

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