Jhansi, Oct 14 Haryana, Maharashtra and Chandigarh won their respective pool matches in Division ‘A’ while Tamil Nadu and Bengal played out a draw in the Hockey India Senior Men National Championship here on Wednesday.
Haryana beat Delhi 3-1 in a pool D match after both sides were goal-less at the half time.
Haryana took control of the match in the third quarter. Manjeet scored from a penalty corner in the 40th minute, and Joginder Singh added another in the 42nd. Aman Sharma pulled one back for Delhi with a penalty stroke in the 50th minute.
Deepak sealed the win for Haryana with a field goal in the 54th minute.
In pool B, Maharashtra beat Puducherry 2-1. Ganesh Patil gave Maharashtra the lead through a penalty corner in the 13th minute. Rajat Minz equalised for Puducherry with a field goal in the 37th minute.
But, Darshan Gawkar scored the winner for Maharashtra from a penalty corner in the 49th minute.
Chandigarh drubbed Karnataka 3-0 in pool C. The match was goalless until the 32nd minute, when Paramvir Singh scored from a penalty corner.
Sumit doubled the lead with another penalty corner in the 53rd, and Amandeep scored a field goal in the 55th minute to complete the tally.
In pool A, Tamil Nadu drew 1-1 with Bengal. P Shanmugam put Tamil Nadu ahead with a field goal in the 38th minute. Sunit Lakra equalised for Bengal with a field goal in the 49th minute.
In Division ‘B’, Kerala beat Assam 5-2 for their first win of the championship.
Arunachal prevailed over Jharkhand 2-1 in a closely-contested match.
Division ‘C’ matches concluded on Tuesday.
(PTI News)
