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Hockey India Junior Women National: State teams from Punjab, Arunachal, Maharashtra, Karnataka and Jharkhand won their respective matches on Day 2 of the 14th Hockey India Junior Women National Championship 2024 here on Tuesday.

In the first match of the day, Hockey Punjab defeated Hockey Andhra Pradesh 6-3. Sukhveer Singh (20, 51, 54’) scored a hattrick for Hockey Punjab whereas Sukhpreet Kaur (52’, 59’) scored a brace and Namneet Kaur (35’) also scored one goal to put a total of six goals on the scorecard. In response, Sreevidya Thirumalasetty (47’, 56’) scored a brace for Hockey Andhra Pradesh joined by Bobbili Jhansi (43’) who also scored one goal.

In the next match, Hockey Arunachal beat Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu Hockey 3-0. Supriya Chauhan (30’) opened the account for Hockey Arunachal just before the half-time whistle was blown. Hema Sri S (47’) and captain Lokam Loni (54’) also scored one goal each towards the end of the game to take the game further away from their opponents.