Day 5 of the 14th Hockey India Senior Men National Championship at the Mayor Radhakrishnan Hockey Stadium featured wins for Punjab, Rajasthan, Odisha, Bengal, and Mizoram in their respective matches, while Maharashtra and Jharkhand played a competitive draw.
Punjab defeated Chhattisgarh 10-1 in a Pool A encounter as Gursahibjit Singh (5’, 35’) and Balwinder Singh (41’, 55’) scored braces for Punjab along with goals from Ravneet Singh (15’), Pardeep Singh (16’), Angad Bir Singh (52’), Maninder Singh (53’), Gurjinder Singh (54’) and Sudarshan Singh (58’).
Chhattisgarh’s Captain Tarun Yadav (44’) scored the lonly goal for the side in a heavy defeat to Punjab.
In Pool E, Rajasthan edged past Arunachal, 4-3 with Keshav Pandey (26’, 45’) and Captain Vijendra Singh (31’, 40’) netted twice for Rajasthan while Sandeep Pathak (2’, 44’) and Abhinav Singh (33’) were the Arunachal’s goal scorers.
In another Pool E fixture, Hockey Association of Odisha defeated Le Puducherry Hockey. 6-2. In a comprehensive team effort, Amandeep Lakra (11’), Nilam Sanjeep Xess (18’), Sudeep Chirmako (34’), Pratap Lakra (37’), Rajat Akash Tirkey (43’) and Kerobin Lakra (55’) netted a goal each for Odisha. Meanwhile, Nabin Kujur (21’) and T. Arun Kumar (45) found the back of the net for Le Puducherry Hockey.
Maharashtra played a draw with Jharkhand
Maharashtra were locked in a 2-2 draw against Hockey Jharkhand, in a Pool G clash where Sayyad Niaz Rahim (35’) and Captain Devindar Sunil Walmiki (60’) scored for Maharashtra.
On the other hand, Captain Simon Bodra (23’) and Love Light Kujur (34’) scored for Jharkhand in the second and third quarter, giving them an early lead of 2-0.
In Pool B, Mizoram defeated Himachal, 6-3 woth Trishul Ganapathi (34’, 39’) top scored with a brace while Mohit Kathoute (5’), Stalin Abhilash (18’), Zothanpuia (27’) and Lalramhlua (58’) also made contributions for Mizoram. Harsh (41’, 46’) and Dharmesh Singh (37’) were the goal scorers for Hockey Himachal.
Bengal secured a 12-2 victory againstBihar in Pool H with Bengal’s Nitish Neupane (22’, 36’, 41’) struck a hat-trick while the Captain, Rajendra Oram (2’, 44’), Amon Mirash Tirkey (6’, 45’) and Alsem Lakra (12’, 49’) scored two goals each.
Additionally, Raushan Kumar (4’), Tarun Adhikari (20’) and Santosh Baxla (60’) scored goals as well. Meanwhile, Saurav Kumar (24’) and Anuj Raj (55’) scored a goal each for Hockey Bihar.
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