Extending their winning run, Delhi sailed
past Citizens Hockey XI 5-2 in a Pool B clash to storm into the semifinals of
the 4th National Sub-Junior Men’s ‘B’ Division Hockey Championship being played
at Vadodara, Gujarat.
The Delhi outfit took the lead through Kuldeep but Citizen Hockey XI hit back with Rohit Ghrai’s PC goal in the 17th minute. Delhi were unperturbed by the equalizing goal and struck twice in quick succession. Nitin Ram made the scoreline 2-1 before Kuldeep scored his second goal to help his side lead 3-1 at half-time.
Citizen Hockey XI put up stiff resistance
in the second half and reduced the deficit through Parvez Alam in the 42nd
minute. From here on the debutants had the
opportunity to force the match in their favour, but Delhi killed off all such
hope nailing in two more goals. Kuldeep completed a fine hat-trick while Arun
Kumar netted the fifth goal.
Delhi are joined in the semifinals by
Sports Authority of India (SAI) who crushed Jammu & Kashmir 6-1 in their
final Pool A tie. Hockey Gangpur- Odisha and hosts Gujarat joined Delhi and SAI
in the last four stage. In Pool B Rajasthan edged Puducherry 2-1.
Meanwhile, Himachal Pradesh kickstarted
their campaign in the 4th Hockey India Sub- Junior Women’s National ‘B’
Division Championship with a bang humbling Gujarat 4-0 at Haldwani,
Uttarakhand.
In other games of the day, Bhopal swamped
Vidarbha 5-2 while Sports Authority of India (SAI) edged Uttarakhand 1-0.
(The writer can be contacted at: suhridbarua@gmail.com)
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