Haryana, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh and Jharkhand complete Quarter-finals line-up

Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab and Jharkhand completed the quarter-final line-up with emphatic victories in the concluding league matches of 2^nd Hockey India Senior Women National Championship, Bhopal on Friday.

The quarter-final line-up is holders Railways vs Uttar Pradesh (7am), Haryana vs Chandigarh (9:30 am), Odisha vs Jharkhand (5 pm) and Madhya Pradesh Hockey Academy vs Punjab (7:30 pm). All the four matches will be played on Sunday at Aish Bagh Hockey Stadium.

Four goals by Navjot Kaur helped Haryana entered the quarterfinals, with a huge 22-0 win over Andhra Pradesh in their concluding league game of Pool B at Major Dhyan Chand Stadium. Navjot Kaur was given player of the match award for her contribution in team’s victory. Navneet Kaur (3), Ramandeep Kaur (3), Jaswinder Kaur (2), Udita (2), Jaspreet Kaur (2), Harpreet Kaur (2), Anshul (1), Kiran Dahiya (1), Manjeet Kaur (1) and Anju Dhiman (1) are the other goal scorers for Haryana.

Uttar Pradesh also booked their berth in the quarter-finals, defeating Bengal 13-0 in their last league match of Pool H. Deepika Sharma who scored maximum number of five goals was given player of the match award.

Punjab defeated Jammu & Kashmir 18-0 to make the quarter-finals from Pool-D. Sadhna Singh who scored six goals for Punjab topped the score list followed by Amandeep Kaur (3), Shikha Batta (3), Ramandeep Kaur (2), Sukhmanjit Kaur (1), Preety Sunila Kiro (1), Gurwant Kaur(1) and Sandeep Kaur (1).

Bihar also finished their campaign in Pool F defeating Assam 21-0 while Delhi beat Tripura 8-0 in their last league match of Pool H.

The results:

Pool B: Haryana 22(Navjot Kaur 1^st, 24^th, 48^th, 52^nd; Navneet Kaur 6^th, 8^th, 9^th; Ramandeep Kaur 17^th, 30^th, 69^th; Jaswinder Kaur 28^th, 46^th; Udita 31^st, 50^th; Anshul 34^th; Kiran Dahiya 41^st; Jaspreet Kaur 42nd, 53^rd; Harpreet Kaur 43^rd, 64^th; Manjeet Kaur 58^th; Anju Dhiman 65^th) beat Andhra Pradesh 0.

Pool D: Punjab 18 (Sadhna Singh 10^th, 12^th, 23^rd, 24^th, 49^th, 61^st; Amandeep Kaur 16^th, 38^th, 60^th; Sukhmanjit Kaur 19^th; Ramandeep Kaur 21^st, 53^rd; Shikha Batta 28^th, 32^nd,36^th;  Gurwant Kaur 31^st, Preety Sunila Kiro 55^th; Sandeep Kaur 63^rd) beat Jammu & Kashmir 0.

Pool H: Uttar Pradesh 13 (Kavita Mourya 6^th, 43^rd, 51^st; Kajal Malik 12^th; Soni Singh 26^th; Deepika Sharma 26^th, 27^th, 31^st, 38^th, 57^th; Poonam Giri 16^th; Anusha Aggarwal 60^th; Pratibha Choudhary 65^th) beat Bengal 0.

Delhi 8 (Jasleen 1^st, 6^th; Jyoti 16^th; Jaishree 23^rd; Teena 25^th; Sneh 59^th; Sarita Rani 63^rd; Gayatri 64^th) beat Tripura 0

Pool F: Bihar 21 (Reena 4^th, 6^th, 26^th, 53^rd, 54^th; Dolly Kumari 7^th, 24^th, 27^th, 29^th, 47^th, 61^st, 65^th, 68^th; Priti Singh 18^th, 22^nd, 69^th; Jyoti Pandey 32^nd; Manjari Pandey 44^th, 45^th; Madhu Kumari 48^th , 49^th) beat Assam 0.