Ranchi Ranchi: Delhi SG Pipers showed brilliant composure and won 3-2 in a shootout against Odisha Warriors in the Women's Hockey India League (HIL) on Thursday thanks to a brilliant goal from Elodie Picard. According to a HIL press release, goals from Navneet Kaur (28') and Yibby Jensen (35') led to a 1-1 tie at regular time, but SG Pipers won the penalty shootout. of. SG Pipers created their first chance of the match in the eighth minute when their captain Navneet Kaur made a brilliant run into the circle and opted for a slapshot across goal, but Geeta Yadav could not hold on to the ball. Odisha Warriors showed their attacking intent soon after when Sakshi Rana delivered a brilliant pass to Mitchell Fillet in front of goal. Fillet took the goal, but Bichu Devi made a brilliant save by showing excellent reflexes. Sakshi created another chance a few minutes later, but Shileima Chanu had sensed the danger.
SG Pipers focused their attack mainly on the left flank and in one such move Charlotte Watson received a beautiful long pass inside the circle. He tried to tomahawk from a tight angle, but his shot went wide of the goal. Their relentless pressure paid off in the 28th minute, when SG Pipers finally scored the crucial goal. Preeti Dubey made a brilliant run past the defenders, but was stick-checked just before scoring. This gave him a penalty stroke and Navneet made no mistake by placing the ball in the left bottom corner to give his team a 1-0 lead.
Odisha Warriors started the second half with renewed vigor and won the first penalty corner of the game through Baljeet Kaur in the 34th minute. Yibby Jensen hit a dragflick on the right, but his effort was saved on the goal line, however, and he scored a spectacular goal from the resulting penalty corner. He took the push well and hit a fierce dragflick that eluded the rushers and the goalkeeper and found the net to make the score 1-1 in the 35th minute.
SG Pipers won their first penalty corner in the 41st minute, but Navneet's strike failed to reach the target. Jensen almost scored her second goal, doing well to receive an inch-perfect aerial pass from Claire Colville, but Bichu Devi made a brilliant save to fend off the challenge.
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