Prem Kerketta Prem rifles in Jharkhand’s opener in opposition to Chandigarh through the Thirteenth Hockey India senior males’s National 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 in the Hockey India-Thirteenth Senior National males’s championship right here on Wednesday. For, the winner would doubtlessly high Group F and enter the quarterfinals.
The Jharkhand and Chandigarh contest on Wednesday, nonetheless, didn’t live up to expectations in the primary two quarters because the rating remained goalless. But in the remaining two quarters, the tie got here to full life as Jharkhand scripted a improbable 2-0 win.
From the third quarter, Jharkhand upped the ante with good fast strikes that took the Chandigarh defence abruptly. In one such counter-attack, Prem Kerketta transformed from a melee in the field.
Jharkhand’s Anurud Bhengra celebrates after scoring the second aim in opposition to Chandigarh through the Thirteenth Hockey India senior males’s National championship 2023 on the Mayor Radhakrishnan Stadium, Chennai, on Wednesday, November 22, 2023.
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M. VEDHAN
Chandigarh had a good chance to equalise after it earned a penalty stroke quickly after. In the following video referral, the stroke was not awarded. Jharkhand successfully put it throughout Chandigarh after a fierce cross from the fitting 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 a majestic 10-0 overcome Jammu & Kashmir. Bengal will clash 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.
