Despite losing, Railways and Customs also moved into the semi-finals by virtue of their two earlier wins in the tournament. STOCK IMAGE
KARACHI: PIA and NBP moved into the semi-finals of the 5th Customs Quaid-e-Azam Gold Cup hockey tournament after defeating their respective opponents in the last-eight round at the Customs Preventive Service Club and Sports Complex in Karachi on Tuesday.
PIA thrashed Railways 10-1 as captain Kashif Ali scored five goals in the fifth, 15th, 45th, 50th and 55th minutes to complete his second hat-trick of the tournament. The remaining goals were scored by Muhammad Zubair, Azfar Yaqoob, Ammad Butt and Nohaiz Malik, while Muhammad Rizwan was the only one to score a goal for Railways.
In the other match, NBP knocked down Customs 6-2 as Arslan Qadir scored two goals in the 20th and 38th minutes of the match.
Mubashar Ali, Syed Kashif Shah, Dilber Hussain and Atiq Arshad strikes accounted for the rest of NBP’s goals and Customs captain Hassem Khan hit a brace for his side.
Despite losing, Railways and Customs also moved into the semi-finals by virtue of their two earlier wins in the tournament.
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