HPRC and Commonwealth Polo Club play out 10-10 draw in Kentucky

Hyderabad Polo and Riding Club, playing as India, drew 10-10 with Commonwealth Polo Club of the US in the Kentucky leg final of its 2026 international tour. Chaitania Kumar and Arsalan Khan scored four goals each for India

Hyderabad: The Hyderabad Polo and Riding Club (HPRC), playing as India, drew 10-10 with Commonwealth Polo Club, playing as the United States, in the final of the Kentucky leg of its 2026 international tour on Saturday night.

The arena polo match, played under lights at Paris, Kentucky, remained neck and neck through four chukkers, with the teams still level when the final bell of overtime rang.

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Chaitania Kumar, president of HPRC, and Arsalan Khan scored four goals each for India, while Saif Attari added two. Neither side led by more than a goal or two at any stage; every time one team went ahead, the other pulled level, and an extra period of overtime could not separate them. The scores stood at 10-10 when the bell rang, and both teams were content to leave it there.

India was represented by Chaitania Kumar, Arsalan Khan and Saif Attari, three a side in the arena, on horses provided by the host club. The match was played at Commonwealth Polo Club’s arena in Paris, in the heart of Kentucky’s thoroughbred country, 20 minutes from Lexington. The national flags of both countries were carried into the arena before the first chukker.

“That was as hard a game of arena polo as any of us have played,” said Chaitania Kumar. “It was neck and neck the whole way, through four chukkers and into overtime, and at the last bell the scoreboard said 10-10. Nobody deserved to lose it. Commonwealth gave us their horses, their arena and a very good side, and then fed us all at the barbecue afterwards. That is polo, and that is Kentucky.”