Times of India: Macheiah ‘tricks in ONGC win

MUMBAI: ONGC rode on PP Macheiah’s fine hat-trick to register a thumping 8-1 victory over a jaded Western Railway, Mumbai in a Pool-A round-robin league match of the 11th PMC Bank-Guru Tegh Bahadur Gold Cup All India Hockey Tournament, being organised by the Mumbai Hockey Association Limited (MHAL) and played at the Mahindra Stadium, Churchgate on Wednesday.

Macheiah’s teammates Mandeep Antil, Amit Malik, Diwakar Ram, Sumit Kumar and K.H. Jayanta chipped in with a goal each to complete the rout.

Earlier, former champions Indian Oil launched their campaign with an authoritative 6-1 win against Northern Railway in a Pool-B fixture. Indian Oil Full back Sunil Yadav and midfielder Pradhan Somanna, scored a brace each while Olympians Prabhjot Singh and Deepak Thakur, the skipper of the side, netted a goal each. Northern who were a disjointed lot managed to reduce the margin through Shamsher’s late goal.