National hockey championship: Adnan Bilal guides PTV to big win

The Islamabad-based side defeats K-P 6-3 in Sialkot

KARACHI: A brilliant performance by Adnan Bilal, who scored four goals, guided PTV to a 6-3 victory against K-P on the third day of the 61^st PSO National Hockey Championship at the Sialkot Hockey Stadium on Sunday.

K-P’s Abdul Hadi, who hit the back of the net thrice, opened the scoring with an early goal in the fourth minute of the game before Bilal equalised in the 19^th. Just three minutes later, Aamir Shahzad gave PTV a 2-1 lead. The lead was short-lived though as Hadi struck back in the 24^th minute to level the score at 2-2.

In the third quarter, PTV went on to score three more goals through Muhammad Fayyaz in the 32^nd minute, while Bilal struck twice in the 37^th and 39^th minutes to end the quarter at 5-2. In the last quarter, Hadi completed his hat-trick but Bilal scored once again in the 53^rd minute to ensure a 6-3 win for PTV.

In the other matches, PAF won their first match against Sindh 5-0 by two penalty-corner goals converted by Muhammad Zahid in the 21^st and 26^th minute, while Waseem Aslam, Shujat Ali and Muahmmad Fahad score a goal each in the 43^rd, 45^th and 51^st minutes respectively to win the match 5-0.

SSGC defeated Balochistan 4-0 as Shakeel Abbasi scored in the eighth and 50^th minute while Muhammad Ehsan and Yasir Shabbir struck the back of the net in the 16^th and 38^th minutes respectively.

 

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