Imphal, Jan 11 (PTI) Hockey Himachal and Delhi Hockeycame from two goals down to win their respective matches atthe Senior Men National Championship 2018 (B Division), heretoday.
In the opening match of the day, Hockey Himachal ralliedto defeat Kerala Hockey in a nervy Pool F encounter 3-2.
It was Kerala Hockey, which took a 2-0 lead after 41minutes through D Sarang (11') and Vineeth Muraleedharan(41'). However, Hockey Himachal went on to score three quickgoals in the span of seven minutes to win the match 3-2.
Naurvi Ram (53', 56') scored a quick brace for HockeyHimachal while Arman (60') scored the winner in the lastminute of the match.
Delhi Hockey also came from two goals down to make astunning comeback as they defeated Major Port Sports ControlBoard 3-2 in Pool G. MPSCB scored two goals in the first 15minutes through Leonard Pereira (6') and Ainul Haq (15').
However, Delhi Hockey produced an inspired comeback inthe second quarter to equalise the scores as Amit (22') andMukul Sharma (28') scored for them.
Delhi Hockey then snatched the lead in the Pawan SinghChauhan in the 44th minute, which proved to be the winner forthem.
In a Pool F match, it was Punjab National Bank whostarted their campaign with a win as they scored a 9-0 victoryover Hockey Madhya Bharat. The victors started the match wellas they scored two goals each in the first two quarters tomaintain a 4-0 lead till half-time.
Punjab National Bank scored another four goals in thethird quarter to kill Hockey Madhya Bharat's hopes of making acomeback. Goals for PNB were scored by Gagandeep Singh Sr.
(15', 17'), Pardeep Mor (8'), Gagandeep Singh (28'), SummitToppo (35'), Satender Dalal (39'), Gursimran Singh (43'),Naveen Antil (44') and Sanjay (60').
In a high-scoring encounter in Pool H, Hockey Coorgovercame the challenge put in front of them by Hockey Jammu &Kashmir as they defeated them 6-4.
Hockey Coorg started the match well as they scored fourquick goals in the first quarter itself, but Hockey Jammu &Kashmir gave them a tough time in the second and thirdquarters as they scored three goals to make the scores 4-3 inHockey Coorg's favour.
In the last Pool match for Central Secretariat, theymaintained their clean slate as they won their fourthconsecutive match, beating Telangana Hockey 8-3 in Pool A.
PTI ATAT.
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