Goodwill:   Expat India XI Orange and Expat XI India White pose for a group photgraph along with the Indian Ambassador Anil Wadhwa and officials from the Friends of Naqvi Group before the game. – Supplied photo

Muscat:

Under the auspices of the Indian Embassy, Team Coorg in association with the Friends of Naqvi Group organised the third edition of the Independence Day of India Cup hockey match which was played on Friday at Oman Football Association Ground, Al Qurum, between Indian Expat XI White and Indian Expat XI Orange.

After a brief welcome address by Major Karriappa, a memento to bid farewell to Indian Ambassador Anil Wadhawa, was presented by P. N. Devayya, a senior member of the Coorg community living in Oman.

The match was inaugurated with old traditional bully between the chief guest Anil Wadhwa and Dr. Satish Nambiar the chiarman of the Indian Social Club, Muscat.

Keeping in line with Holy month of Ramadan the match started after the Iftar at 7.30pm and ended at 8.30pm.

The match was played in true festival spirit and ended in a draw with both the teams tied at 4 all and were declared joint winners. Moosa, Shakeel, Erappa and Maddappa scored one goal each for the Expat India XI White, where as Ganapatty scored two, Shakuntala and Javis one goal each for Expat India XI Orange.
The event was well attended by the all hockey lovers living in Oman including the Omani current and former players and OHA officials.

The vote of thanks was given by the veteran hockey legend SAS Naqvi who praised Kuttapa and Devayya for a well organised event