COAS Hockey Cup: Army Seniors down PAF 3-1

KARACHI:

Captain Muhammad Imran scored a hat-trick to guide Army Seniors to a 3-1 victory over PAF in their Chief of the Army Staff Challenge Hockey Cup match yesterday at the Army Hockey Stadium, Rawalpindi.

PAF took the lead through a penalty corner converted by Mudassar in the 10th minute, which was levelled by Imran in the 14th minute. The skipper then went on to score two more goals in the 23rd and 45th minutes to wrap up the match.

Army Seniors now top Pool A with three straight wins.

In the next match, SSGC’s Shakeel Abbasi started off with a penalty corner goal in the seventh minute against Wapda, with Yasir Shabbir scoring on the 37th minute to give SSGC a 2-0 lead.

Wapda replied with a goal through Muhammad Imran in the 38th minute but Waqas Sharif struck in the 43rd to level the scores as the match ended at 2-2.

Meanwhile, Punjab drew 2-2 with Police in the last match of the day.

Published in The Express Tribune, January 27^th, 2015.

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