Punjab registered a 3-0 win against Railways at full-time as both teams played a goalless first quarter, after which Shahid Anjum scored the opening goal in the 27th minute of the match.
Ali Raza doubled the lead for Punjab in the 54th minute, while Anjum sealed the win five minutes later.
Despite the result, Olympian Tariq and coach Sabir criticised the jury and the duo received a ban from the tournament director.
“Punjab team manager Tariq and coach Sabir have been banned by the tournament director at the ongoing National Hockey Championship at Sialkot,” read the official PHF press release. “Sabir has been banned for two matches while Tariq for one match. Both had misbehaved with the field jury.”
Meanwhile, in other matches, HEC won their fixture against Islamabad 3-1, with Hassan Ubaid scoring two goals on penalty corner, while Asghar Tariq sealed victory for HEC with his field goal in the 56th minute. Islamabad managed to score only one goal through Noman in the 37th minute.
Wapda registered a win as well, defeating Navy 3-1 in the last match of the day. National player Umer Bhutta struck a goal in the fifth minute for Wapda, while Aleem Bilal doubled the score in the 22nd minute.
Navy’s Muhammad Sabir scored in the 45th minute and Pakistan captain Muhammad Imran scored in the 55th to win the match for Wapda.
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I thought they misbehave with India only.