SAI rides big on Sandeep’s hat-trick
At this level, to guess the topper of each Group in the ongoing Hockey India-junior National men’s championship isn’t going to be a tough task, after all.
Punjab (Pool ‘A’), Odisha (‘B’), Haryana (‘C’) and Sports Authority of India (‘D’) are the likely candidates to qualify for the knockout (semifinals).
On Tuesday, two of the four teams scripted victories to stay on course for a last-four clash.
SAI, thanks to a hat-trick by Sandeep Kumar, posted a 7-1 win over Chhattisgarh.
Odisha, looking to clinch its first title from three finals, defeated Himachal Pradesh 2-1.
Defending champion Punjab will clash with a tricky opponent in Tamil Nadu on Wednesday.
The Tamil Nadu camp feels if it can prevent Punjab from scoring in the first half-hour or so, it can definitely fancy its chances.
The results:
Group B: Odisha 2 (Sunil Ekka, Sanjit Toppo) bt HP 1 (Amandeep Singh); Karnataka 3 (M.D. Rahell 2, Pruthiviraj) bt Mumbai 2 (Vinay Valmiki, Rajendra Pawar).
Group D: Bhopal 2 (Amir Ur Rehman, Shanhnawas Khan) bt Maharashtra 1 (Razik Shaikh); SAI 7 (Navdeep Singh, Pankaj Mishra, Saurabh Kumar, Sandeep Kumar 3, Ankit Mishra) bt Chhattisgarh 1 (Wasiullah Khan).
Keywords: Hockey India, junior National men’s hockey championship, Mayor Radhakrishnan Stadium
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