Mumbai Hockey Association Ltd crush Vidarbha Hockey Association 6-0

Mysore (Karnataka), 2 April 2015: The second day of the 5th edition of the Hockey India Junior Men National Hockey Championship 2015 in Mysore witnessed ten teams playing exciting games of hockey.

Mumbai Hockey Association Ltd started the day with its second successive win against Vidarbha Hockey Association 6-0. This was followed by Chandigarh Olympic Association beating Hockey Bihar 5-2.  The third match of the day saw Hockey Puducherry registering their second win by beating Delhi Hockey
4-1. The game between Dadra & Nagar Haveli Hockey Association and Hockey Gujarat was an exciting clash as the former rained goals and won the match 19-2. The last match saw Bengal Hockey Association emerging as the winning team against Hockey Jammu & Kashmir 1-0.

The first match of the day witnessed Mumbai Hockey Association taking over Vidarbha Hockey Association and winning it comfortably by 6-0. The entire match went a dry run for Vidarbha Hockey Association as they were unable to credit any goals to their account. Mumbai Hockey Association scored the initial opening in the 10th minute when a penalty corner was successfully converted by Vinay Valmiki and opening the scorecard 1-0. This was followed by the team adding two more goals. It was Nitesh Kamble brace in the 21st and the 27th minute which helped his team sit on a comfortable 3-0 at the end of first half. Mumbai continued their onslaught in the second half as Aakib Rahim scored through a penalty stroke in the 44th minute. 

In the very next minute Reyaz Qureshi notched a field goal in the 45th minute and the score board stood 5-0. Nitesh Kamble scored another winning goal for his team in the 66th minute and helped Mumbai Hockey Association Ltd declare a convincing win against Vidarbha Hockey Association 6-0.

In a well contested match between Hockey Bihar and Chandigarh Olympic Association of Pool D, it was Chandigarh Olympic Association who emerged as the victors against Hockey Bihar 5-2. Chandigarh Olympic Association started its goal scoring run with Harjot Singh who notched a field goal in the 2nd
minute of the game. In the 14th minute it was Mahinder Pal Singh who scored a goal through a field effort to double the lead to 2-0. Without wasting much time, Chandigarh’s Harikrat Singh scored the third goal for his team in the 16th minute. Just three minutes for the first session to end, Hockey Bihar bounced back into the game and scored their opening goal in 32nd minute through Anwarullah Shah taking the score to 3-1 at the end of first half. In the second half Gursewak Singh successfully converted a penalty corner in the 39th minute and scored the fourth goal for Chandigarh Olympic Association. Hockey Bihar’s Captain Kishor Minz scored the second goal for the team in the 53rd minute ensured that the penalty corner opportunity is
not wasted. Chandigarh Olympic Association continued with its attack and yet again scored in the 64th minute, this time through Manjinder Singh who made a field goal and ending the game 5-2.

In the third match, Hockey Puducherry tastes win over Delhi Hockey to an attractive goal margin of 4-1. Hockey Puducherry started the game by putting pressure on the opponent immediately. P. Mahendran opened the score for his team through a penalty corner in the 11th minute. This was followed by a
field goal in the 28th minute through S. Muthu Krishnan helping Hockey Puducherry take the lead to 2-0. Hockey Puducherry added their third goal in the 51st minute coming through the stick of P. Thiru Murugan.  Just five minutes left in the game, Delhi’s Arun Kumar scored a maiden goal in the 65th minute and opening the goal account for his team. Hockey Puducherry added the last minute goal to their tally through a field effort by V. Veera Thamizhan which helped Hockey Puducherry win the game by 4-1 against Delhi
Hockey.

The fourth game between Dadra & Nagar Haveli Hockey Association and Hockey Gujarat was an exciting clash as the former rained goals and won the match 19-2. Going into the attack immediately, Dadra & Nagar Haveli Hockey Association opened their account in the 9th minute as a penalty corner was hit past the Hockey Gujarat goalkeeper by Gurbinder Singh. Within three minutes Dadra & Nagar Haveli Hockey Association hit back again as they doubled the lead in the 12th minute as Devbrat Yadav held his nerves to
convert the field goal. With 2-0 on the board Dadra & Nagar Haveli Hockey Association was riding high on confidence and they struck again in the 15th minute as a field goal by Nilesh Goud took his team’s score to 3-0. Gujarat

Hockey struck back in the 22nd minute when a field goal from the stick of Shubham Yadav found the nets. The goal took the score to 3-1. Kawalpreet Singh in the 25th minute scored the 4th goal for Dadra & Nagar Haveli Hockey Association as he cleverly sneaked in a field goal. The team again scored as Captain Jayant Kumar converted a penalty corner in the 28thminute which was followed by goal no. 6 in the 33rd minute coming from Nilesh Kathoute. Just before going into the break the team took the score to 7-1 as Rahul Singh successfully converted a penalty corner in the 34th minute. The second half was not different for Dadra & Nagar Haveli Hockey Association as they continued their goal scoring spree. Adding 12 more goals in the session, it Sanjay Yadav who scored in the 36th, 53rd and 58th minute all being field goals. Pradeep added to the tally by scoring three field goals in the 39th, 45th and 62nd minute. Captain Jayant Kumar converted a penalty corner in the 49th minute and a beautiful field goal in the 68th minute. Mayur Pawar added two field goals in the 57th and 59th minute. On the other hand Hockey Gujarat managed to sneak in their second goal in the 48th minute through the stick of Peter Thomas.

Ending the day on a winning note, Bengal Hockey Association edge past over Hockey Jammu & Kashmir by 1-0. While both the teams made desperate attempts to score goals, none of the two were able to score any goal in the first session of the game. The match reached an intense phase in the second
session as the defence line-up from both the sides stood strong by restricting each other from scoring any goals. With just ten minutes left for before the final whistle went off, Nitish Neupane of Bengal Hockey
Association stroked a maiden goal in the 60th minute through a field effort which also proved to be the winning goal for his team. On the other hand Hockey Jammu & Kashmir’s repeated efforts to level the scores went in vain and lost to Bengal Hockey Association by the final score of 1-0 on board.

Results of the day: Pool A – Mumbai Hockey Association Ltd. 6 Vinay Valmiki (10 min- PC), Nitesh

Kamble (21- FG, 27- FG and 66 min- FG), Aakib Rahim (44min- PS), Reyaz
Qureshi (45 min- FG) vs Vidarbha Hockey Association 0

Pool D- Chandigarh Olympic Association 5 Harjot Singh (2 min- FG), Mahinder
Pal Singh (14 min- FG), Harikrat Singh (16 min- FG), Gursewak Singh (39 min-
PC), Manjinder Singh (64 min- PC) vs Hockey Bihar 2 Anwarullah Shah (32 min-
PS), Kishor Minz (53 min- PC)

Pool B– Hockey Puducherry 4 P. Mahendran (11 min- PC), S. Muthu Krishnan (28
min- FG), P. Thiru Murugan (51min-FG), V. Veera Thamizhan (69 min- FG) vs
Delhi Hockey 1 Arun Kumar (65min- FG)

Pool C - Dadra & Nagar Haveli Hockey Association 19 Sanjay Yadav (36 min-FG,
53 min-FG, 58 min-FG), Pradeep (39 min, FG, 45 min- FG, 62 min- FG), Jayant
Kumar (28min-PC, 49min-PC, 68 min-FG), Kawalpreet Singh (25 min-FG, 69
min-FG), Rahul Singh (34 min-PC, 66 min- FG), Mayur Pawar (57 min-FG, 59
min-FG), Gurbinder Singh (9 min-PC), Devbrat Yadav (12 min-FG), Nilesh Goud
(15 min –FG), Nilesh Kathoute (33 min-PC) vs Hockey Gujrat 2 Shubham Yadav
(22 min-FG), Peter Thomas (48 min-PC)

Pool C- Bengal Hockey Association 1 Nitish Neupane (60 min- FG) vs Hockey
Jammu & Kashmir 0 

HI Press release