Pardeep singh

Hockey India Senior Men National: Teams from Punjab, Rajasthan, Odisha, Bengal and Mizoram won their respective matches on Day 5 of the 14th Hockey India Senior Men National Championship at the Mayor Radhakrishnan Hockey Stadium here on Friday. In a clash of two strong teams, Hockey Maharashtra and Hockey Jharkhand played to a competitive draw.

Hockey Punjab defeated Chhattisgarh Hockey 10-1 in a Pool A encounter. Gursahibjit Singh (5’, 35’) and Balwinder Singh (41’, 55’) scored braces for Hockey Punjab along with goals from Ravneet Singh (15’), Pardeep Singh (16’), Angad Bir Singh (52’), Maninder Singh (53’), Gurjinder Singh (54’) and Sudarshan Singh (58’). Chhattisgarh Hockey’s Captain Tarun Yadav (44’) scored their only goal.

In Pool E, Hockey Rajasthan edged past Hockey Arunachal 4-3. Keshav Pandey (26’, 45’) and Captain Vijendra Singh (31’, 40’) netted twice for Hockey Rajasthan. For Hockey Arunachal, Sandeep Pathak (2’, 44’) and Abhinav Singh (33’) were the goal scorers.