Hockey Haryana, on the other hand, posted a dominating 9-2 win against Hockey Jharkhand in the third match of the day. Hockey Haryana were on top of their game right from the start with as many as five goals coming in the first 12 minutes of the match. While Sher Singh (7’), Munish Rana (9’), Jagwant Singh (11’ , 12’), Hartaj Aujla Singh (12’) gave a strong start to Hockey Haryana, goals by Vishal Dahiya (27’), Munish Rana (28’), Jagwant Singh (29’, 30’) clinched the match for them. For Hockey Jharkhand, Noyel Topno (20’) and Jen Soreng (28’) were the only two to score.
In the last match of the day, Hockey Punjab held their nerve till the final hooter to beat Hockey Odisha 6-5. Though Hockey Odisha began well with a 3-1 lead in the first quarter with goals by Sanjay Xalxo (2’), Teophil Kujur (9’) and Nilam Sanjeep Xess (10’), Hockey Punjab bounced back in the second quarter with four back-to-back goals. Baljinder Singh (4’), Amanpreet Singh (16’) Dharminder Singh (17’) scored a goal each for Hockey Punjab but it was Jarmanpreet Singh who starred in their win with three goals in the 11th, 15th and 29th minute. Though Nilam and Rakesh Tete scored in the 22nd and 25th minute respectively for Hockey Odisha, it was not enough to stop Hockey Punjab from notching up the winners points.
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