Mysore (Karnataka): The second day of the 5th edition of the Hockey India Junior Men National Hockey Championship 2015 in Mysore, Karnataka witnessed ten teams playing exciting games of hockey.
Mumbai Hockey Association Ltd started the day with its second successive win against Vidarbha Hockey Association 6-0. This was followed by Chandigarh Olympic Association beating Hockey Bihar 5-2. The third match of the day saw Hockey Puducherry registering their second win by beating Delhi Hockey 4-1. The game between Dadra & Nagar Haveli Hockey Association and Hockey Gujarat was an exciting clash as the former rained goals and won the match 19-2. The last match saw Bengal Hockey Association emerging as the winning team against Hockey Jammu & Kashmir 1-0.
The first match of the day witnessed Mumbai Hockey Association taking over Vidarbha Hockey Association and winning it comfortably by 6-0. The entire match went a dry run for Vidarbha Hockey Association as they were unable to credit any goals to their account. Mumbai Hockey Association scored the initial opening in the 10th minute when a penalty corner was successfully converted by Vinay Valmiki and opening the scorecard 1-0. This was followed by the team adding two more goals. It was Nitesh Kamble brace in the 21st and the 27th minute which helped his team sit on a comfortable 3-0 at the end of first half. Mumbai continued their onslaught in the second half as Aakib Rahim scored through a penalty stroke in the 44th minute. In the very next minute Reyaz Qureshi notched a field goal in the 45th minute and the score board stood 5-0. Nitesh Kamble scored another winning goal for his team in the 66th minute and helped Mumbai Hockey Association Ltd declare a convincing win against Vidarbha Hockey Association 6-0.
In a well contested match between Hockey Bihar and Chandigarh Olympic Association of Pool D, it was Chandigarh Olympic Association who emerged as the victors against Hockey Bihar 5-2. Chandigarh Olympic Association started its goal scoring run with Harjot Singh who notched a field goal in the 2nd minute of the game. In the 14th minute it was Mahinder Pal Singh who scored a goal through a field effort to double the lead to 2-0. Without wasting much time, Chandigarh’s Harikrat Singh scored the third goal for his team in the 16th minute. Just three minutes for the first session to end, Hockey Bihar bounced back into the game and scored their opening goal in 32nd minute through Anwarullah Shah taking the score to 3-1 at the end of first half. In the second half Gursewak Singh successfully converted a penalty corner in the 39th minute and scored the fourth goal for Chandigarh Olympic Association. Hockey Bihar’s Captain Kishor Minz scored the second goal for the team in the 53rd minute ensured that the penalty corner opportunity is not wasted. Chandigarh Olympic Association continued with its attack and yet again scored in the 64th minute, this time through Manjinder Singh who made a field goal and ending the game 5-2.
Results of the Day-
Pool A – Mumbai Hockey Association Ltd. 6 Vinay Valmiki (10 min- PC), Nitesh Kamble (21- FG, 27- FG and 66 min- FG), Aakib Rahim (44min- PS), Reyaz Qureshi (45 min- FG) vs Vidarbha Hockey Association 0
Pool D- Chandigarh Olympic Association 5 Harjot Singh (2 min- FG), Mahinder
Pal Singh (14 min- FG), Harikrat Singh (16 min- FG), Gursewak Singh (39 min- PC), Manjinder Singh (64 min- PC) vs Hockey Bihar 2 Anwarullah Shah (32 min- PS), Kishor Minz (53 min- PC)
Pool B– Hockey Puducherry 4 P. Mahendran (11 min- PC), S. Muthu Krishnan (28 min- FG), P. Thiru Murugan (51min-FG), V. Veera Thamizhan (69 min- FG) vs Delhi Hockey 1 Arun Kumar (65min- FG)
Pool C - Dadra & Nagar Haveli Hockey Association 19 Sanjay Yadav (36 min-FG, 53 min-FG, 58 min-FG), Pradeep (39 min, FG, 45 min- FG, 62 min- FG), Jayant Kumar (28min-PC, 49min-PC, 68 min-FG), Kawalpreet Singh (25 min-FG, 69 min-FG), Rahul Singh (34 min-PC, 66 min- FG), Mayur Pawar (57 min-FG, 59 min-FG), Gurbinder Singh (9 min-PC), Devbrat Yadav (12 min-FG), Nilesh Goud (15 min –FG), Nilesh Kathoute (33 min-PC) vs Hockey Gujrat 2 Shubham Yadav (22 min-FG), Peter Thomas (48 min-PC)
Pool C- Bengal Hockey Association 1 Nitish Neupane (60 min- FG) vs Hockey Jammu & Kashmir 0