Etawah:
CISF came from behind to beat CRPF 2-1 in the opening game of the Senior Men National Championship, which started here on Saturday.
CRPF opened the scoring with a goal from Saroj Ekka’s drag flick in the 7th minute. CISF equalised in the 17thminute through Nitin Sharma and scored the winner in the last minute of the match via Sangram Chougule.
The second game of the Pool saw Hockey Coorg thrash Goa 10-0, courtesy of goals from GA Sunil (3’ and 35’), Anjaneya Ambigera (13’), Poovanna Bollachetira (24’), Bidapa Bachira (43’ and 45’), Somanna Pemmanda (44’) and Kunjappa Karineravanda (53’).
In the first game of Pool H, D&N Haveli Hockey Association edged past Vidarbha Hockey Association in a close encounter. The deciding goal was scored in the 46th minute by Jaikishan Singh.
The second game of the Pool ended in a 2-2 draw, as Punjab & Sind Bank split the points with Punjab National Bank. PNB opened the scoring through Sumit Toppo in the 13th minute. PSB came back through their own opener in the 21st minute scored by Karanbir Singh, before taking the lead through a PC conversion by Gaganpreet Singh in the 44th minute. With four minutes left to play, Ajitesh Roy scored PNB’s equaliser to split the honours.
The first game of Pool F saw Bengal Hockey Association beat Manipur Hockey 10-2. After BHA took a two-goal lead, Manipur briefly made a comeback scoring their first goal in the 16th minute to reduce the deficit to one. From there on though there was no let up by Bengal as they ran riot. Goals for Manipur were scored by Deepu Thangjam (16’) and Bhakar Ningobam (17’). Bengal goalscorers Alsem Lakra (6’, 25’, 26’, 41), Raushan Kumar (11’, 27’) Saurav Kumar Singh (22’, 39’) and Aijub Ekka (49’) and Deepak Kullu (60’) ensured their team took maximum points leading to the next round of matches.
Tej Pratap Singh Yadav, Member of the India Parliament was the chief guest for the inaugural match.
Hockey Andaman and Nicobar forfeited their game against Hockey Uttarakhand in the second game of Pool F.
Courtesy: Hockey India
source: http://www.indiansportsnews.com / Indian Sports News / by ISN Reporter / April 10th, 2016
