The day witnessed a set of intense clashes where Hockey
Gangpur-Odisha drubbed Hockey Punjab 5-2. This was followed by a win for Hockey
Unit of Tamil Nadu, they beat Chhattisgarh Hockey 2-1.The third match saw
Hockey Jharkhand dominating Hockey Andhra Pradesh and winning by 12-0. In the
fourth and last match, Hockey Karnataka outplayed Hockey Maharashtra by 8-0.
In the first match of the day in Pool C, Hockey
Gangpur-Odisha defeated Hockey Punjab 5-2. The game started with confidence showed
by both the teams where the two teams were continuously looking to penetrate
the defence of the other. It was Hockey Punjab who broke the shackles and
scored a field goal in the very first minute of the game through Captain
Dilpreet Singh. The game got levelled in the 10th minute as Hockey Gangpur
Odisha scored through the stick of Biraj Topno. Within a span of five minutes,
Albert Tete for Hockey Gangpur Odisha took the lead to 2-1 as he successfully
converted a penalty corner in the 15th minute of the game. Maintaining their
scoring momentum, Rahul Ekka and Prakash Dhir added a field goal each to Hockey
Gangpur-Odisha’s account in the 18th and 32nd minute respectively and further
advanced the scores to 4-1. Hockey Punjab
finally got an opportunity to enter the opponent’s D through a penalty corner
conversion by Varinder Singh to reduce the margin by 2-4. Very successful in
capitalizing every scoring opportunity, the fifth goal was netted by Albert
Tete in the 43rd minute who took Hockey Gangpur-Odisha to a winning score of
5-2 and will now be playing the semi-finals tomorrow.
The Pool C match between Hockey Unit of Tamil Nadu and
Chhattisgarh Hockey witnessed the former team dominating the latter by 2-1 and
emerging as winners. Chhattisgarh Hockey started off brilliantly by scoring the
first goal of the match in the 16th minute coming from the stick of Gurpeert
Singh. In search of an equalizer, Hockey Unit of Tamil Nadu answered back
through A. Alan Rubenraj who efficiently converted into a penalty corner in the
25th minute .The scores were locked at 1-1 at the end of the first half. In the
second half Hockey Unit of Tamil Nadu turned the match in their favour by
scoring their second goal in the 46th minute which was netted by S. Pandiarajan
and going on to win the match by 2-1.
In Pool D match, Hockey Jharkhand defeated Hockey Andhra
Pradesh by a whopping score line of 12-0. Noel Topno’s spectacular four field
goals, Jen Soreng’s hat-trick, braces by Captain Patras Kujur and Subal
Kerketta contributed to this massive score line. Sunil Xaxa opened the account
for Hockey Jharkhand in the 4th minute by a brilliant field goal. Immediately,
it was followed by another field goal in the 5th minute by Captain Patras Kujur
and the scorecard read 2-0 in their favour. Following his team mates, Subal
Kerketta scored a brilliant brace in the 29th and 32nd minute taking the score
to 4-0. Jen Soreng, slipped past the opposition’s defence and scored a
stunning field goal in the 40th minute. Noel Topno scored another field goal in
the 41st minute taking the tally 6-0. Dominating Hockey Andhra Pradesh, Hockey
Jharkhand increased their tally to 10-0 with the help of Captain Patras Kujur’s
field goal in the 48th minute and Noel Topno’s successive goals in 62nd,
64thand 65th minutes. Hockey Jharkhand decimated Hockey Andhra Pradesh by two
consecutive goals in the 68th and 69th minute by Jen Soreng, taking the final
goal score to 12-0.
In the Pool D match, Harish S Mtuagar’s four goals and
Nagaraj M’s two goals helped Hockey Karnataka defeat Hockey Maharashtra by 8-0.
Hockey Karnataka controlled the match from the first minute and Nagaraj scored
the first goal in the 9th minute. Harish took the charge and scored two
back-to-back goals in 10th and 28th minutes of the match. Leading by three
goals, Binit Karo, Nagaraj and Harsha S added three more goals in 36th, 38th
and 50th minutes respectively to increase the score-line by 6-0. Harish
struck again and scored two quick goals in 51st and 53rd minutes to help
his team to register a 8-0 win over Hockey Maharashtra and enter the all
important semi-finals tomorrow.
RESULTS OF THE DAY-
Pool C Hockey Gangpur-Odisha 5 Biraj Topno (10min- FG),
Albert Tete (15min- PC, 43min-FG), Rahul Ekka (18min- FG), Prakash Dhir (32min-
FG)vs Hockey Punjab 2 Dilpreet Singh (1min- FG), Varinder Singh (39min-
PC)
Pool C Hockey Chhattisgarh 1 Gurpeert Singh
(16min-FG) vs Hockey Unit of Tamil Nadu 2 A. Alan Rubenraj
(25min-PG), S.Pandiarajan (46min-FG)
Pool D Hockey Jharkhand 12 Sunil Xaxa (4 min-FG),
Patras Kujur (5 min-FG, 48 min-FG), Subal Kerketta (29 min-FG, 32 min-FG), Jen
Soreng (40 min-FG, 68 min-FG, 69 min-FG), Noel Topno (41 min-FG, 62 min-FG, 64
min-FG, 65 min-FG) vs Hockey Andhra Pradesh 0
Pool D Hockey Karnataka 8 Nagaraj M (9min-FG,
38min-FG), Harish S Mtuagar (10min-FG, 28min-FG, 51min-FG, 53min-FG), Binit
Karo (36min-FG), Harsha S (50min-FG), vs Hockey Maharashtra 0
HI Press release
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