Tarun sarkar

National Football Championship Tier: Tripura, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh started their group stage campaign on winning notes in the Sub-Junior Boys’ National Football Championship Tier 2 at the Jorhat Stadium on Thursday.

Tripura, who clashed with Chandigarh in Group B, displayed superb attacking prowess in the second session to win 8-1 after trailing by a goal at half time. While Naithak Jamatia scored three goals for the winners, Ayush Chakma, Poito Debbarma, Jenesis Darlong, Hamkrungha Reang and Tarun Sarkar were the other goalgetters.

In another Group B match, Haryana thrashed Andaman & Nicobar 8-0.