KP, Punjab advance inU-19 Hockey

Our correspondent

ISLAMABAD: KP (B) and Punjab (D) won their matches the Inter Provincial Under-19 Hockey Championship at the Shahnaz Sheikh Hockey Stadium in Rawalpindi Rawalpindi on Monday. KP (B) overcame Sindh (A) 2-1 in first match of the day. KP (B) came from behind to win the match. Noman Khan netted the opener for Sindh (A) at the outset of the match. Zareen made it 1-1 for KP in 22nd minute with Muzail scoring all important winner in the 43th minutes. Punjab (D) outplayed FATA by 10-2 goals. For winning team, Fasiul Husnain and M Yasir scored four and three goals respectively while Bilal Akram, Waqarul Hassan and Arslan Ali scored one goal each. M Zafran and Faizan netted a goal each for FATA. In another match Sindh (B) and Gilgit-Baltistan played 2-2 goals draw. Masroor Abbas and Irfan Awan scored once each for Gilgit-Baltistan while Ghulam Mustafa netted brace for Sindh (B). In day’s last match, AJK beat Islamabad by 5-1 goals. For winning team, Ahtsham scored two goals while one goal each was netted by Shahzaib, Zahoor Hussain and Zain ul Abdin. Azharullah was on target for Islamabad.