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Trident fall short against Jindal in polo final
Angad Kalaan's experience and young Himmat Singh Bedla's exuberance could not stop Jindal Steel & Power from clinching the Jiwaji Rao Scindia Gold Cup (10 goal) polo tournament title at the Jaipur Polo Ground on Sunday.
Angad Kalaan's experience and young Himmat Singh Bedla's exuberance could not stop Jindal Steel & Power from clinching the Jiwaji Rao Scindia Gold Cup (10 goal) polo tournament title at the Jaipur Polo Ground on Sunday.
Trident Group-IPG, despite starting as favourites, lost a neck-and-neck contest which went right into the extra fifth chukker and was finally decided by a golden goal from Jindals' Argentinian import Miguel Saravia, who tucked a 30-yard penalty into the rival goal to signal wild celebrations in the Jindals camp. But before Saravia's goal, it was Trident Group-IPG which held sway and looked like making it a one-sided contest. Angad (1) and Bedla (2) hammered in three goals in the first chukker to take a handsome 3-1 lead.
But a one-two between Simran Shergill and Akhil Sirohi saw the latter reduce the margin early in the second chukker and then Saravia scored the equaliser from a set piece.
With the teams tied at 4-4 after the final chukker, the match went into the fifth chukker and Saravia scored the golden goal.
