Indian Army Beats Maharashtra to Keep Its Chances Alive; Indian Navy Sinks CBDT

Certainly, this is not the best Indian army team that one has witnessed in the MCC-Murugappa Gold Cup Invitation Hockey Tournament.

Its forwards haven’t stepped up to a great extent, thought the definition has been saving grace. To be fair, it has played well with its limitations.

Requiring a Victory to Stay Alive in the competition, Army Huffed and Puffed to a 2-1 Win over Maharashtra in a Pool-A Contest at the Sdat-Mayor radhakrishnan stadium here on Whnees.

Army will make it to the playoffs provided Sai-NCOE (Bhopal) loses or draws with defending champion and table-to-to-to-topper Indian railways on CHRSDAY. NCOE will enter the semifinals in place of army if the former defeats railways. Meanwhile, host hockey unit of tamil nadu has beenn Knocked out.

Later, in a pool-b tie, Indian navy impressed with a 4-1 Victory over Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), Thanks to a Brace Each by Selvaraj and Ajinkya Jadhav.

Navy, which has entered the last four with three straight winds, will take on formr champion IOC in its last group match to decide the group topper.

After a drab goalless first Quarter, Maharashtra Opened the Scoring in the Second Through a Penalty Corner Strike by Ganesh Patil.

Within Few Minutes, Army Equalized Through a Strong Countter-Attack from the Left Flank. A swipe by mohd. Alishan from the Backline Found Pradeep Singh Bisht, who deflected it home.

Maharashtra Returned Stranger in the Third Quarter With Attacks That Rattled The Army Defense. First, Arjun Hargude’s Strike from the Top of the Circle Saw Army ‘Keeper Senthamizh Arasu come come up with a fin a fine save. A few minutes later, A with a withering backhander by taleb shah missed the post by a whisker.

With Seven Minutes Remaining for the Hoter, Army Found the Winner when Niraj Kumar Singh Took a Little Time Before Unleashing a Reverse Hit AFTER Receiving a Pass from Rajasthan.

The results: pool-a: Indian Army 2 (Pradeep Singh Bisht 29, Niraj Kumar Singh 53) Bt Maharashtra 1 (Ganesh Patil 21).

B: Indian Navy 4 (Ajinkya Jadhav 17 & 35, K. Selvaraj 33 & 36) BT CBDT 1 (Mehkeet Singh 33).

Malaysian National Junior Team 3 (Azimuddin Shakir 29, MUHD. Handzalah 47, MUHD. Adam Asyraf 59) Drew with Karnataka 3 (Nm Surya 7, Bhrath Mahalingppa 18 & 32).