FORMER national player Kelvinder Singh saved a point for Police when he delivered the equaliser in their 3-3 draw against Selangor in Division Two of the Razak Cup at the Kuantan Stadium yesterday.
The draw took Selangor to the top of the standings on seven points after three matches, and they look good for the title this season after being boosted by new recruits.
Kelvinder and national player Jivan Mohan joined the Police force training this year, and together with former national juniors Baljit Singh Sarjab Singh, they have strengthened the side.
“It was not an easy match as even though we took a 2-0 lead (by the 12th minute) Selangor came back strongly and fortunately I managed to nail the equaliser to share points,” said Kelvinder.
All three Selangor goals were scored by former juniors skipper Noor Faeez in the 34th, 53rd, 63rd minutes. Noor Faeez was the skipper of the national juniors who won the Junior Asia Cup which booked Malaysia’s spot in the New Delhi World Cup.
The other Police goals were scored by Baljit Singh (18th) and Azinorzilan Hamid (12th).
“We won two earlier matches and with this hard-fought draw, we hope keep up the momentum when we play Armed Forces tomorrow (today),” said Kelvinder Singh.
Armed Forces were also on fire as they hammered Kedah 7-0. Armed Forces and Selangor have played one match less as their opening day encounter was washed away by rain.
Both the teams will square of again on Friday.
STANDINGS
Division Two
P W D L F A Pts
POLICE 3 2 1 0 9 7 7
FORCES 2 2 0 0 11 0 6
PERLIS 3 2 0 1 8 4 6
SELANGOR 2 1 1 0 12 4 4
SABAH 3 0 0 3 2 8 0
KEDAH 3 0 0 3 2 21 0
DIVISION ONE
GROUP A
P W D L F A Pts
JOHOR 1 1 0 0 5 4 3
TGGANU 1 0 0 1 4 5 0
NEGRI 1 1 0 0 2 1 3
MALACCA 1 0 0 1 1 2 0
GROUP B
P W D L F A Pts
K LUMPUR 1 1 0 0 3 1 3
PERAK 1 1 0 0 3 2 3
PAHANG 1 0 0 1 2 3 0
PENANG 1 0 0 1 1 3 0
RESULTS: Division One A: Malacca x Johor x, Negri Sembilan x Terengganu x.
Division Two: Kedah 0 Armed Forces 7, Perlis 1 Sabah 0, Selangor 3 Police 3.
TODAY: Division One -- Group B: Pahang v Penang (8pm, Pitch I), Kuala Lumpur v Perak (8pm, Pitch II).
Division two: Selangor v Perlis (4pm, Pitch I), Police v Armed Forces (6pm, Pitch I), Sabah v Kedah (6pm, Pitch II).
