LAHORE, Mar 03 (APP):Master Paints/Rizvi’s and Barry’s will vie for the top honours in the Hamdan Holdings Punjab Polo Cup main final to be played here at the Lahore Polo Club ground tomorrow (Sunday) at 3:15pm.
Master Paints/Rizvi’s team consists of Sufi Amin Farooq, Saqib Khan Khakwani, Hamza Mawaz Khan and Juan Cruz Losada while Barry’s team includes Nafees Barry, Bilal Haye, Ramiro Zavaleta and Juan Maria Ginazu (Tito).
The subsidiary final will be contested between Army and Newage/BBJ Pipes. Army team comprises Brig Zulfiqar Ali Baig, Major Omer Minhas, Mighuel Luis Duggan and Ignasio Negri while Newage/BBJ Pipes team has Adnan Jalil Azam, Ahmed Zubair Butt, Ahmed Ali Tiwana and Salavador Ulloa.
Lahore Polo Club President Irfan Ali Hyder has on Saturday hat both the finalists are tough teams and he is expecting challenging and exciting polo final. “I hope a huge crowd will come to witness the best in the business while playing and displaying their best polo and winning the top honour by winning the historical Punjab Polo Cup 2018.”
It is worth mentioning here that the Punjab polo trophy happens to be the oldest polo trophy being played for in Pakistan having been introduced in 1886. Ever since, this tournament has always been played at the world’s famous Aibak ground of Lahore Polo Club. This year too, the tournament has been participated by top polo players placed in various teams in action in the weeklong event.