In a day of surprise and stunning results, three teams, all supported by the NGO One Thousand Hockey Legs, have entered the semifinals of the third Nehru-Dhyan Chand Cup being staged at the Shivaji Stadium, New Delhi.
The fourth semifinalist will be spotted after the pool B matches starts tomorrow
Govt Boys Sr Sec School Janakpuri have surprised everyone with a second consecutive victory and with that entering into the semis.
Captain Dharmendra struck three goals while Farhan the other in the 4-0 win over Guru Nanak Public School, Punjabi Bagh.
On the other hand, much expected tie between Govt Co-Ed Sarvodaya Bal Vidyalaya Shapurjat and Govt Boys Sr Sec School Mehrauli tie ended in the favour of the former. Four nil result was not expected, but it was a well contested one.
Vicky Kumar and Ram Kumar struck two goals each in decimating Maharauli 4-0
With a draw early, Shahpurjat thus had four points, one more than Mahrauli to make it to the Monday semifinals.
Goalkeeper Saurav got the Man of the Match award
In the first match of the day, defending champions Govt Boys Sr Sec School J Block Saket easily overcame Govt Boys Sr Sec School Khanpur. With this, Saket school has two straight wins and are in the semifinals.
Dilip and Ram Singh posted a brace each, while Vikram Sharma, Gaurav and Ritik Maheswari added a goal apiece in a fluent 7-4 win.
Pawan, Kalwinder and Pankaj scored for Khanpur school.
Vikram Sharma was declared Man of the Match