Platinum Homes/Olympia and Samba Bank registered contrastive victories on the opening day of the Hamdan Polo Cup for Lahore Open Polo Championship 2019 here at Lahore Polo Club ground on Tuesday.

Helped by an impressive hat-trick of Amir Reza Behboudi, Platinum Homes/Olympia outclassed Dascon Construction Company/Guard Group by 8-1. Despite the hat-trick of Amirreza, Ahmed Ali Tiwana and Qadeer Ashfaq contributed with a brace and Ghulam Mustafa Monnoo with a goal. From the losing side, the only goal was scored by Hamza Khan.

In the closely-contested second match of the day, Edward Banner Eve's heroics helped Samba Bank edge out Barry's by 6-5. From the winning team, Edward hit a hat-trick while Alman Jalil Azam, Adnan Jalil Azam and Turab Rizi struck one goal apiece. From the losing side, Ernesto Trotz fired in all the five goals but his efforts were futile.