Jhansi, Oct 13 Chhattisgarh thrashed Uttarakhand 12-1 while Odisha notched a 10-1 win over Assam in Division ‘B’ on the fourth day of the Hockey India Senior Men’s National Championship here on Tuesday.
Captain Sandeep Kumar found the net four times (9′, 17′, 32′, 55′) for Chhattisgarh while Sonu Nishad scored a hat-trick (6′, 29′, 35′).
Tarun Yadav scored twice (15′, 54′), and Shailendra Verma (37′), Shadab Ahmed Khan (40′) and Arjun Yadav (41′) also scored.
Priyanshu pulled one back for Uttarakhand with a penalty corner in the 32nd minute of the Pool A match.
For Odisha, Anmol Ekka converted penalty corners in the 39th, 43rd and 51st minutes for a hat-trick, while Ritik Lakra (13′, 20′) and Prasad Kujur (27′) scored field goals. Deepak Minz (9′, 58′) Ajay Ekka (37′) and Sudeep Chirmako (42′) were also among the goal scorers.
In other matches, Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu defeated Telangana 2-0 while Goa went down 3-4 to Arunachal Pradesh.
In Division ‘C’, Rajasthan defeated Andhra Pradesh 5-3 and Bihar thrashed Gujarat 7-2.
(PTI News)
