Top two teams in Pool B – Jamia Milia Islami, Dlehi and Al Ameen College, Bangalore, played out an exciting draw in the fourth day of the ongoing Nehru-SAIL Champion Colleges Cup here in the Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium.
Local outfit Jamia asserted well in the first half and got the reward for all the hard work. Munish Rana struck firmly off a penalty corner in the 29th minute to put his aside ahead, and then played well in the defence to safeguard his team’s citadel.
Jamia’s fortress fell in the 47th minute as the team from Bangalore would assert with numerous attack upfront and frequent circle penetration.
The efforts bore fruit when Darshan converted the stroke.
Quite in contrast, the first match of the day was one sided. Delhi’s neighbourhood team CRA College, Sonepat pulverized Jawaharlal Nehru Post Graduate College Bh0pal 5-2. Its Bhopal who took the lead after holding the marauding forwards at bay till 33rd minute.
The Delhi team scored all its goals in the second half, which included three goals from Naveen Sangwan. He scored in the 37th, 51st and 62nd minutes. Other scorers for the winning side are Nikhil, Gagandeep Singh and Jitender Antil.
For the losing side Vikas Choudhury and Sarfaraz Ahamed struck
Tomorrow’s fixture
MARCH 3, 2012 – SATURDAY
Match: 11
01.00 PM
A
Lyallpur Khalsa College, Jalandhar
V/s
Municipal College, Rourkela
Match: 12
03.00 PM
C
DAV College, Jalandhar
V/s
Annamalai University (T.N.)