JIND: Sub-Junior Men’s National Championship: On Day six today, four quarterfinals were held on the sands of Uchana, a Suburb of Jind in Haryana. The Quarterfinal Results:

TODAY (22.03.2021)

QF1:  Manipur  beat Odisha 2-0 on shootout
QF2: Uttar Pradesh beat Bihar 3-0 
QF3: Jharkhand beat Chandigarh 7-0 
QF4: Haryana beat Punjab 2-0

TOMORROW (23.03.2021) SEMIFINALS 

SF1: Manipur Vs Haryana (09.00) hrs
SF2: Uttar Pradesh Vs Jharkhand (1600) hrs

DETAILS

Jind (Haryana), 22nd March 2021: Manipur ,Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand and the hosts Haryana won their respective quarterfinals today to make it to the Semifinal of the 11th Hockey India Sub-Junior Men’s National Championship 2021.

Manipur progressed to the Semis after edging out Odisha in shootout after the match ended goalless in the entire regulation time. Manipur won the shootout 2-0 with Rohit Singh Ningthoujam and Dilip Konthoujam finding the target. Manipur goalkeeper Dawin Luwang Koijam denied all four attempts from Odisha Hockey in the shootout.

In the second Quarters,  Uttar Pradesh eased to a 3-0 win against Bihar. Fahad Khan (9’, 52’) scored a couple of goals while Manoj Yadav (54’) scored his side’s third goal late in the match.

Hockey Jharkhand were in fine form as they marched into the last-four stage with a comprehensive 7-0 win against Hockey Chandigarh. Deepak Soreng (17’, 25’, 30’) starred with a hat-trick while Binit Toppo (27’), Roshan Reetik Lakra (28’), Nmit Dohdray (42’), and Adisan Minj (47’) scored a goal each.

In the final Quarters clash, the hosts Haryana beat neighborhood team  Punjab by a 2-0. Sukhwinder (14’) and Amit Khasa (25’) gave the hosts a two-goal lead at half-time, which they held onto admirably in the second half to book their appointed place in the tomorrow’s semis.