Prem Kerketta Prem rifles in Jharkhand’s opener towards Chandigarh throughout the 13th Hockey India senior males’s Nationwide championship 2023 on the Mayor Radhakrishnan Stadium, Chennai, on Wednesday, November 22, 2023.
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It was dubbed because the match to look out for within the Hockey India-13th Senior Nationwide males’s championship right here on Wednesday. For, the winner would probably high Group F and enter the quarterfinals.
The Jharkhand and Chandigarh contest on Wednesday, nevertheless, didn’t dwell as much as expectations within the first two quarters because the rating remained goalless. However within the remaining two quarters, the tie got here to full life as Jharkhand scripted a improbable 2-Zero win.
From the third quarter, Jharkhand upped the ante with sensible fast strikes that took the Chandigarh defence unexpectedly. In a single such counter-attack, Prem Kerketta transformed from a melee within the field.
Jharkhand’s Anurud Bhengra celebrates after scoring the second aim towards Chandigarh throughout the 13th Hockey India senior males’s Nationwide championship 2023 on the Mayor Radhakrishnan Stadium, Chennai, on Wednesday, November 22, 2023.
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M. VEDHAN
Chandigarh had a superb opportunity to equalise after it earned a penalty stroke quickly after. Within the subsequent video referral, the stroke was not awarded. Jharkhand successfully put it throughout Chandigarh after a fierce cross from the precise by Joseph Kongari noticed it being deftly deflected in by Anurad Bhengra.
Earlier, Bengal posted its second successive victory in a Group E tie, with an impressive 10-Zero overcome Jammu & Kashmir. Bengal will conflict with Manipur on Thursday and the winner will high the group and enter the knockouts.
The outcomes: Group A: Chhattisgarh 11 (Sukhdev Nirmalkar 4, 49, Junaid Ahmed 8, 34, 39, Khogeshwar Bag 9, 36, Arbaj Ali 20, Ajay Tandi 25, Taufiq Ahmad 38, Rohit Rajak 60) bt Gujarat 3 (Shubham Yadav 1, Ahir Jenishkumar 11, Ajaykumar Thakor 41).
Group C: Dadra & Nagar Haveli & Daman & Diu 7 (Anup Tirkey 25, Dharmendra Pal 27, 42, Prajapati Dhananjay 34, Abhinav Singh 40, Komal Singh 41, Arvind Yadav 53) bt Bihar 1 (Jony Kumar 57).
Group E: Bengal 10 (Rajendra Oram 4, 8, 27, 37, Alsem Lakra 30, 59, Kunjam Topno 38, Milan Saha 47, 49, Kishor Lakra 59) bt J&Ok 0.
Group F: Jharkhand 2 (Prem Kerketta 43, Anurad Bhengra 7) bt Chandigarh 0.
Group H: Telangana 15 (Mahesh Reddy Rela 4, 30, Aditya Sagar Gobboori 5, Ranjit Chand Bhavani 9, 59, Sandeep Subedar 15, 54, Arvind Lavudya 19, Abdul Moiz Shaik 20, 58, Raju Talla 21, 59, Akshay Thimmapuram 28, Sandeep Erapaga 39, Akshay Thimmapuram 48) bt Arunachal 0.