HONG KONG—Singh Sabha Sports Club-A (SSSC-A) ambushed all-conquering Khalsa-A for the 2015-16 Holland Cup title at King’s Park on Sunday May 15 in a 4-2 thriller, thanks to their brilliant captain Muhammed Imran, as he used his vast experience to full use to lead his side to victory.
Khalsa-A, just newly crowned Premier League champions, and winners of this season’s Guru Nanak title were looking to the Holland Cup as icing to yet another successful season.
The many fans that had travelled to the Wiley Road hockey pitch to watch their Khalsa-A heroes grab another victory were given a rude awakening when SSSC-A stormed into the lead, with some awe-inspiring hockey that had many fans applauding in a matter of minutes after the opening whistle. The initial goal came from a Kulvinder Singh deflection and this was followed by a Salman goal for a 2-0 lead going into the break. Khalsa-A battled onwards and pulled one back through Inderpal Singh, the first of a brace, only for SSSC-A to grab a 3-1 lead through Saman, for his double, while Inderpal netted his second of the evening but it was a case of a little too late.
The Singh Sabha club continued to dominate as they pressured Khalsa-A and did not allow them any leeway to impose their influence or get back into the game. Their tactic worked as Khalsa’s game was error prone as the pressure was applied. SSSC added a 4th goal through Abbu to make the final score 4-2.
