Mohammad Azam Dar
ISLAMABAD: Defending champion Pakistan Army and Pakistan Wapda outclassed Navy and Police in the first opening fixtures of the Inter-Departmental National Basketball Championship, which rolled into action at Liaquat Gymnasium here at Pakistan Sports Complex under the banner of Pakistan Basketball Federation (PBBF).
In the first match, Defending Champion Pakistan Army thrashed Pakistan Navy team with a big margin of 64 points as the scoreboard was showing 105-41 points at the end of four quarters.
Some wonderful moves and aggressive play were seen by army-man during the match. Shoaib Aslam scored 18 points, Yasir Ali scored 16 points, Hamza bin Javed scored 12 points, Shahraz Aslam scored 10 points. Ziaur Rehman and Mohammad Farhan contributed 16 and 8 points respectively.
In the second match, Wapda defeated Police by 118-42 points in an easy encounter. Mohammad Zainul Hasan scored 20 points, Zahid Arif and Aali Jah scored 18 and 18 points respectively from WAPDA.
On the first day of the five-day championship, Pakistan Sports Board Deputy Director General Saeed Akhtar, Mansoor Ahmed, Army team manager Col Ahmed Ali Tipu, former basketball coach Malik Mohammad Riaz, Associate secretary of Pakistan Basketball Federation Ouj E Zahoor and other officials were witnessed the day one matches.
