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Date : 2024-03-26

Visit of Indian Polo Team to Australia

VISIT OF INDIAN POLO TEAM TO AUSTRALIA

         At the invitation of Australian Polo Federation, an Indian Polo Team comprising of the following will be visiting Australia to participate in the International Polo event to play against the Australian Polo Team at Sydney  from 27 Mar 2024 to 08 April 2024:-

(a)      Mr Abhimanyu Pathak                 +4

(b)      Mr Padmanabh Singh                  +4     

(c)      Syed Shamsheer Ali                    +4     

(d)      Mr Siddhant Sharma                   +4

(e)      Mr Naveen Singh                        +3

(e)    Col Navjit Singh Sandhu              (National Coach)





         The Indian polo team touring Australia played it\\\\\\\\\'s first game at the royal agricultural show on Friday. The 3 a side 4 chukker match played against an Australian select side was played at the agricultural stadium in Olympic park , Sydney. 
Playing unfamiliar horses , the team of Naveen(3), Siddhant(4) and Shamsher(4) , 11 goals was up against a strong Australian team  - Jake Daniels (5), Aiden Nunn (3) & Will Gilmore (4)-12 goals.
Playing in front of a  loud and partisan crowd, the team was slow to start with given the unfamiliar conditions going down by two goals in the first chukker. However, with some strong attacking play and hard riding , the team drew level in the next chukker. The Australian team went up ahead in the third chukker but the Indians came back strongly in the last chukker. 
The final score 6-5 in favour of the home team. The scoreline shows that there was very little between the teams and the spectators were enthralled with a tightly fought intense  game of fast Polo.
The Indian team will next be playing the test match on Sunday, 7 th April at the Windsor Polo club.
They will be getting a new set of ponies for that game.