IAF breeze past Telangana in Gooncha Nehru Senior Hockey Tournament

Hyderabad: Indian Air Force breezed past a hapless Telangana XI 8-1 in the 57th Gooncha Nehru Senior Hockey Tournament, sponsored by Gooncha Estates, at the SCR Sports Complex, Secunderabad on Monday. In the second match, Indian Navy defeated star-studded Delhi Xl by 2-1. In a lop-sided match, the Air Force men outplayed the Telangana team, […]

Hyderabad: Indian Air Force breezed past a hapless Telangana XI 8-1 in the 57th Gooncha Nehru Senior Hockey Tournament, sponsored by Gooncha Estates, at the SCR Sports Complex, Secunderabad on Monday. In the second match, Indian Navy defeated star-studded Delhi Xl by 2-1.

In a lop-sided match, the Air Force men outplayed the Telangana team, who floundered multiple chances that came their way. Fifteen minutes into the game, Lovedeep Singh provided the lead to IAF by scoring through a penalty stroke, his teammate Jagath Nachappa followed it with a field goal in the 25 minute and Cariappa MB converted a penalty corner to make the score 3-0 two minutes ahead of the halftime.

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Mahesh Reddy Reela of Telangana Xl, scored a field goal for the team three minutes into the second half. Thereafter there was no looking back for IAF team with Harwant Singh scoring a field goal in the 43rd minute; Sukhdev Singh’s penalty corner made the score 5-1 in the 50th minute, back to back two field goals by Dilip Pal in the 51st and 53rd minutes, followed by a field goal by Manip Kerketta in the 59th minute, sealed the game in favour of IAF with 8-1 score. Jagath Nachappa of IAF was declared the Player of the Match.

In the second match, Navy were in their element today. After a goalless first half, Navy shot home through a 36th minute goal by Jugraj Singh and Sunny Malik increased the margin in the 42nd minute of the game. Delhi XI struggled on the day but were able to reduce through a Govind Singh goal, who converted a penalty corner. Indian Navy’s Goal Keeper Reyadan Tidu was declared the Player of the Match.

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