Hockey Maharashtra and Hockey Gangpur-Odisha in the semis of the Division Two National Championships
After playing five matches, Hockey Maharashtra and Hockey Gangpur Odisha have made it to the semifinals of the National Championship being held at Lucknow. While Hockey Maharashtra has bagged 11 points after winning 3 matches and drawing two, Hockey Gangpur-Odisha is leading the table in Pool C with 15 points after winning all the five matches they played.
Hockey Gangpur Odisha has won all the matches with a margin of 4 goals and more and Maharashtra bounced back after drawing their first two matches against Chhattisgarh Hockey and Hockey Delhi.
Meanwhile, in the matches played today, Bengal won against Assam 3-0 in Pool C. In Pool D, Central Reserve Police Force defeated Vidarbha Hockey Association 4-0 and Hockey Delhi drew against Maharashtra 3-3.
Results:-
Pool C- Bengal 3 Sunil Shah (12 min) Rakesh Burman (61 min) and Sunil Kujur (64 min) vs Assam 0.
Pool D Central Reserve Police Force 4 Rohensingh Thangjam (4thmin), Prashnt Tirkey (6th min), Simon Tirkey (16th min) and Nemhas Khkha (46th min) vs. Vidarbha Hockey Association 0.
Pool D- Hockey Maharashtra 3 Navneet Swarnkar (2nd & 30th min) and Vishal Pillay (42nd min) Delhi 3 Abhishek (38th & 45th min) and Meet Singh (47th min).