CHENNAI: Gnanavel’s hat-trick was the highlight of SAI A’s thumping 8-0 victory over Chennai City Police in a senior division match of the Chennai Hockey Association league at the SDAT-Mayor Radhakrishnan Stadium here on Saturday. Sathyarajan (3), Vinoth Kumar and Suresh Kumar were the other scorers.

Other results: Central Excise 4 (Vijay Kumar, Ravi Kumar, Radhakrishnan, Joshua) bt YMCA 1 (Jai Ganesh); FCI 0 drew with Paramanu HC 0.