Sushmita panna

Hockey India Senior Women National: Madhya Pradesh, Haryana, Jharkhand and Maharashtra have won their respective quarter-finals to inch one step closer to the championship in the 14th Hockey India Senior Women National Championship at the Major Dhyanchand Hockey Stadium.

M.P edge past Bengal:

The first quarter-final saw defending champion Madhya Pradesh defeating Bengal 1-1 (4-3 SO). After a goal-less first quarter, Maxima Toppo (30’) converted a penalty corner to put Bengal in front. Despite not being able to convert any of the ten penalty corners that Madhya Pradesh was awarded, they managed to equalize in the final minute of the third quarter as Aishwarya Chavan (45’) found the back of the net with a field goal, taking the game into shootout with the score reading 1-1 at the end of regulation time after no goals were scored in the final quarter.