Today, in the 38th ATS Nehru Jr. Hockey Tournament, 4 matches were played.

In the 1st match, Union Academy Sr. Sec. School, New Delhi thumped Gyan Deep Hindi High School, Ahmedabad 12-0. Delhi scored 7 goals in the 1st match which almost decided the fate of the match. Praveen Kumar was the top-scorer with 4 goals, well supported by Ashish Chaudhary, who scored 3 and Sumit, who scored 2 goals. Manjit Antil, Ashok & Mohit scored a piece each for this one-sided win.

In the 2nd one, Guru Gobind Singh Sports College, Lucknow crushed Moti Lal Nehru School of Sports, Rai, Distt. Sonepat 9-0, and reminded the Lucknow’s rich heritage of hockey.
Gaurav Singh & Vijendra scored a hat-trick each. Sailaish, Lalit and Nikhlesh scored a piece each.

But in the 3rd one, another Haryana team Bright Scholar Sr. Sec. School, Sonepat played well as they defeated another U.P. team S.K.C Adarsh Inter College , Varanasi 8-2. For Sonepat, Navpreet, Sidharth & Ranjeet scored 2 goals each while Nitesh & Navdeep Singh contributed with a piece each. For Varanasi, Saif Ahmed scored both the goals.

In the last one, LWA Khalsa Sr. Sec. School, Ludhiana beat Pooja Modren School, Kurukshetra 6-3. In the 1st half, Ludhiana got a lead of 3-0. Kurukshetra made in 3-2 in the 42nd minute. Ludhiana made it 5-2 in the next 20 minutes to seal the encounter. Both teams got another goal in the final 6 minutes and hence Ludhiana got the points. For them, Kulbeer Singh & Navjeet Singh singh 2 goals each while Bhupinder Singh Parminder Singh got one each. For Kurukshetra, Karanbir, NAvin & Manpreet scored a goal each.