INDIA: POLO: INDIA DEFEAT PAKISTAN BY 5.5 GOALS IN WORLD CUP QUALIFIER POLO MATCH

Record ID: 1372007

  • Title: INDIA: POLO: INDIA DEFEAT PAKISTAN BY 5.5 GOALS IN WORLD CUP QUALIFIER POLO MATCH
  • Date: 1st October 2000
  • Summary: JAIPUR,INDIA (OCTOBER 1, 2000) (ANI) VARIOUS OF PLAYERS DROPPING IN THE FIELD BY PARACHUTE INDIAN AND PAKISTANI PLAYERS INTERACTING CROWDS WAVING FLAGS OF INDIA AND PAKISTAN PLAYERS ON THE GROUND PLAYERS TAKING THE BALL INTO GOAL POST WIDE OF SCORE BOARD VARIOUS OF INDIAN PLAYERS SCORING GOAL AN INDIAN SUPPORTER WAVING FLAG WIDE OF THE PLAYGROUND CROWD CHEERING THE PLAYERS VARIOUS OF PLAYERS IN ACTION (SOUNDBITE) (Hindi) AJAY AHLAWAT, INDIAN PLAYER SAYING: "They (Pakistanis) also played like the tigers. We also did our best. The victory has been a dream come true for me. At present I am not at all thinking about the Melbourne World Cup. For me this has been a treat." (SOUNDBITE) (Hindi) HAIDER ALI, PAKISTANI PLAYER SAYING: "The Indian team really played well, and there was a proper team work. But what made the difference is the horse.We did not have the habit of playing with these horses. Had we played with our horses, the result would have been different." INDIAN TEAM RECEIVING TROPHY . Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved.
  • Embargoed: 6th July 2005 20:02
  • Keywords:
  • Location: JAIPUR, RAJASTHAN, INDIA
  • Country: India
  • Topics: Sport
  • Reuters ID: LVA7LAZOLKJ0CTLN07W6N10BE4J9
  • Aspect Ratio: 4:3
  • Story Text: India beat Pakistan by 5.5 goals in the world cup
    qualifier polo match in the northwestern city of Jaipur on
    Sunday (October 1)

    Indian polo team qualified for the World Cup
    tournament to be played in Melbourne next year when it beat
    Pakistan convincingly by 11-5.5 goals on Sunday (October 1). A
    large number of people gathered at the Rambagh Polo Grounds in
    the northwestern city of Jaipur to witness the finals of the
    Baleno World Cup polo play-off for Zone D.

    India topped the five team league with eight points
    winning all their four matches.This is the second time that
    India will be playing in the final round. They had earlier
    figured in 1995 in Zurich and had finished fifth.Powered by
    Shamsheer Ali's five goals and Dhuruvpal Godara's four goals,
    Indians kept up the pressure on their traditional rivals from
    the beginning. Navjeet Sandhu and Ajay Ahlawat scored one
    goal each for India.

    Godara, who scored 23 goals in the tournament, was
    adjudged the most valuable player.

    For Pakistan, four goal handicapper Shah Shamyl Alam and
    three goaler Raja Samiullah each scored two goals for
    Pakistan, while Hissam Ali Hyder struck one.Indians were
    elated that they had beaten Pakistan to enter the World Cup.

    "They (Pakistanis) also played like the tigers. We also
    did our best. The victory has been a dream come true for me.

    At present I am not at all thinking about the Melbourne World
    Cup. For me this has been a treat," said Ajay Ahlawat, an
    Indian player. The Pakistanis said they were handicapped after
    their horses got injured. Pakistanis had to play with Indian
    horses.

    "The Indian team really played well, and there was a
    proper team work. But what made the difference is the horse.

    We did not have the habit of playing with these horses. Had we
    played with our horses, the result would have been different,"
    said Haider Ali, a Pakistani player.

    India ramained unbeaten in the five-team qualifying
    tournament. Pakistan, South Africa, New Zealand and Singapore
    were the
    other teams in the Group D.Rajasthan state governor Anshuman
    Singh presented the winning trophy.
  • Copyright Holder: ANI (India)
  • Copyright Notice: (c) Copyright Thomson Reuters 2016. Open For Restrictions - http://about.reuters.com/fulllegal.asp
  • Usage Terms/Restrictions: None
Register