Santha Kumar of Andhra Pradesh scores in opposition to Goa.
| Photo Credit: R. RAGU
One-sided matches were the order of the day yet again in the Hockey India-Thirteenth senior National men’s championship here on Tuesday.
Karnataka outplayed Bihar 12-1 in Pool C whereas Manipur eased previous J&Okay 15-1 for its second successive win in Pool E.
In different matches, Bengal opened its marketing campaign with a 3-1 victory over Madhya Pradesh whereas Andhra Pradesh beat Goans 3-1 in Pool F.
Manipur impressed with its structured play. It pumped in 9 objectives in the first half (5 in first quarter and 4 in second). It maintained the momentum in the third, scoring 4 and slowed down a bit in the fourth and final quarter with simply two objectives.
Favourite Punjab will play its first match in opposition to Maharashtra in Pool D on Tuesday after its contest in opposition to Tripura was forfeited the different day when the latter failed to show up.
The outcomes:
Pool C: Karnataka 12 (Raheel Mouseen Mohd. 11, 14, Abharan Sudev 13, 55, Sheshe Gowda 15, Chetan Mallappa Karisiri 18, 42. N. G. Somaiah 21, Harish Mutagar 22, 28, Likith Bm 27, Bharath Mahalingappa Kurtakoti 38) bt Bihar 1 (Abhay Kumar 54).
D: Uttarakhand w/o Tripura.
E: Manipur 15 (Dhananjoy Moirangthem Meetei 3, 23, Laishram Dipu Singh 5, Ningombam Jenjen Singh 10, Kshetrimayum Wangamba 12, Ganendrajit Ningombam 13, 25, Suresh Singh Shurenshangbam 30, Ibungo Konjengbam Singh 34, 55, Innocent Munda 35, Nilakanta Sharma 39, Chinglensana Singh 39, 54, Thokchom Kirankumar Singh 44) bt J&Okay 1 (Rakshit Sharma 21); Bengal 3 (Santosh Barla 20, Rajendra Oram 38, Amon Mirash Tirkey 48) bt MP 1 (Akshay Dubey 31).
F: AP 3 (Galla Siva Pramod 8, Ragipati Sandeep Kumar 36, Puchalapalli Santha Kumar 57) bt Goans 1 (Shubham Sharma 6).
