Statistical Highlights after each of the 8 teams played out 8 matches in World Series Hockey
WSH started on 29th Feb.
16 matches were held in first 8 days.
Thus, each team have played four matches each.
16 matches produced 91 goals, meaning per match goal average is nearly 6, which is a great in term of spectacle.
Almost 40 percent goals are from penalty corners.
Only four goals are from penalty strokes.
Sher-e-Jalandhar scored 15 goals in four matches, which is the highest for any team, 1 goal more than pool topper Pune Styrykers.
Pune Strykers are the only team to have a clean slate, with two draws and two wins, they remain undefeated.
Sher-e-Jalandhar was almost to match Pune’s record, but lost to Delhi yesterday.
New scorers emerged on the scene. BPCL’s Gurpeeet Singh and Chennai Cheetah’s Imran Warsi jointly top the individual goal scorer’s list.
Four players – Laxman Baskaran, Gurjinder Singh, Jog Singh, Prabhjot Singh – have four goals each against their name.
Sher-e-Jalandhar is the only team to play all the matches on one venue, on home ground.
On the other hand, Pune Strykers, Chennai Cheetahs and Bhopal Badshahs played a match in each centre.
Incidentally, despite their intense travels across the country, these three teams are well placed in the points table.