Sundarapandi pulls one back for Tamil Nadu towards Uttar Pradesh throughout their thirteenth Hockey India Senior Men National Championship 2023 semifinals at the Mayor Radhakrishnan Stadium, in Chennai on Saturday, November 25, 2023.
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It was a captains’ time out in the quarterfinals of the Hockey India thirteenth Senior National males’s championship right here on Saturday as Joshua Benedict Wesley and Harmanpreet Singh led their groups to victory and guide a spot in the final 4.
Joshua’s brace enabled Tamil Nadu edge out Uttar Pradesh 3-2 whereas Harmanpreet’s highly effective penalty nook strikes helped favorite Punjab put it throughout Manipur 4-2.
In one other pulsating final eight contest, defending champion Haryana beat Odisha 3-2 by sudden demise after the groups had been tied 2-2 at regulation time and 2-2 in the shoot-out. In the lone one-sided tie, Karnataka dispatched Jharkhand 4-1. In the semifinals on Monday, TN will conflict with Haryana whereas Punjab will meet Karnataka.
Though TN had its possibilities right here and there, it was UP which transformed alternatives when it mattered and at half-time it had a helpful 2-0 lead.
J. Joshua Benedict Wesely, seated, celebrates after his strike towards Uttar Pradesh throughout their thirteenth Hockey India Senior Men’s National Championship 2023 semifinal at the Mayor Radhakrishnan Stadium, Chennai, on Saturday, November 25, 2023.
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M. VEDHAN
There was a particular change in TN’s intention in the third quarter because it mounted a sequence of assaults, however all the things went in useless, together with a diving shot by S. Karthi that was blocked effectively by ‘goalkeeper Prashant Chauhan. TN went into the ultimate quarter with a aim by Sundarapandi.
Joshua shocked the UP defence with a full 360 diploma sweep that deceived these round him and one which discovered the roof of the web. With hardly a minute remaining, the host captain then struck the profitable aim from the edge of the circle with a withering backhander.
Odisha did effectively to rally from a 0-2 deficit to 2-2 towards Haryana and drive the match to a shoot out. In the first 5 makes an attempt every at the tiebreaker, the groups had been tied once more at 2-2. In the sudden demise, Ashis Kumar Topno missed the goal whereas Abhishek discovered the prime of the web.
Sunday is a relaxation day.
The outcomes (Quarterfinals): Karnataka 4 (Sheshe Gowda 23, Likith Bm 32, Harish Mutagar 46, 49) bt Jharkhand 1 (Dibar Barla 39).
TN 3 (Sundarapandi 27, Joshua Benedict Wesley 52 & 59) bt UP 2 (Manish Sahani 30, Sunil Yadav 30).
Haryana 3 (Yashdeep Siwach, Abhishek 2) bt Odisha 2 (Ashis Kumar Topno, Kerobin Lakra) by way of sudden demise.
Punjab 4 (Pardeep Singh 6, Sukhjeet Singh 20, Harmanpreet Singh 32 & 51) bt Manipur 2 (Chinglensana Singh 36, Rishi Yumnam 45).
