New Delhi, 8 June 2013: Delhi entered the quarter-finals of the 3rd Hockey India Junior Men National Championship played at Moti Lal Nehru Sports Complex, Rai in Sonepat on Saturday.
Delhi registered a second consecutive win in Pool-D, as they defeated Andhra Pradesh 4-1. After conceding an early goal in the first half, Delhi came from behind and scored four goals in the other half. Turning point came in the match when Jugraj Singh scored the opening goal for Delhi in the 36th minute after which Delhi scored another three goals. Deepak Kumar, Inder Pal Singh and Manish Sharma scored a goal each for Delhi.
In Pool B, Tamil Nadu easily defeated Jammu & Kashmir 3-0. This was second lost for Jammu & Kashmir in a row.
In Pool H, Chandigarh outclassed Tripura 10-2 in their opening league match. Sahepreet scored three goals for Chandigarh.
In the other match of Pool H, The Hockey Maharashtra thrashed Goa 22-0. Ashutosh Lingesh scored six goals for The Hockey Maharashtra
Results
Pool B- Tamil Nadu 3 (M Dhileepan 26, D Surendra 36, 66) beat Jammu & Kashmir 0
Pool D- Delhi 4 (Jugraj Singh 36, Deepak Kumar 46, Inder Pal Singh 54, Manish Sharma 63)beat Andhra Pradesh 1 (Manikanta 7)
Pool H- Chandigarh 10 (Sahepreet Singh 18, 21, 49, Gagandeep Singh 27, Kanwaldeep Singh 35, Manmeet Singh 37, Sukhjeet Singh 38, 67, Narinder Pal Singh 46, 70) beat Tripura 2 (Parth Aggarwal 23, Iftikhar 54)
The Hockey Maharashtra 22 (Ashutosh Lingesh 6, 21, 27, 38, 63, 67, Vinit Kamble 11, 34, 35, Gaurav Nimbolkar 18, 19, 32, 53, 58, Abdul Aziz Pathan 37, 45, 68, Razik Shaikh 48, Bhushan Dhere 56, 62,70, Mithlesh Kumar 65) beat Goa 0
Fixture for Sunday, 9 June 2013
Pool D- Uttar Pradesh vs Arunachal Pradesh (0630hrs)
Pool F- Puducherry vs Gujarat (0930hrs)
Pool H- The Hockey Maharashtra vs Tripura (1400hrs) vs Chandigarh vs Goa (1530hrs)
Pool B- Jammu & Kashmir vs Hockey Bhopal (1700hrs)
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