
Hutn’s manoj scores a goal with an acrobatic effort. , Photo Credit: B. Jothi Ramalingam
Hockey Unit of Tamil Nadu (Hutn) Pulled Off a Stunning 5-1 UPSET Victory Over Former Champion Indian Army in a POOL-A Contest of the MURUGAPPA GOLD CUP Invitation Hockey Tournament ATed-Mayor Radhakrishnan stadium here on Friday.
However, the other two matches went larger according to the script with NCO (Bhopal) Putting It Accross Maharashtra 4-2 in POOL-A and Multiple chample chample champion IOC Eking Out a 2- Taxes (CBDT) in Pool-B.
Hutn took the day’s honors with a splendid performance against an army team that looked off-color. The Army Outfit’s Attack Lacked Sting and Defense appeared Lackadaisical. But full credit to the hosts who went all-out.
Hutn, Comprising Seven Players from the Center of Excellence, KovilPatti, Created Opportunities from the Center and the Flancs, Flummoxing the opponent no end. The scoreline would have been more Had it converted the half-key.
Thought Balachandar Scored a Brace, The HOSTS ‘Triumph was a complete team effort. The defense comprising gm pruhvi, y. anand, and patras tirkey thwarted Quite a few dangerous run-in by army.
While Nco Had it relatively easy, it was a battle of nerves between IOC and CBDT. Till half-time, both the teams battled hard without conceited a goal. However, in the Third Quarter, Sumit Kumar Struck Gold When He Deflected Home a Fierce Drive from Former Olympian vr Raghunath. Affan Yasuf made it 2-0 in the fourth Quarter, off a move from the right flaank.
The results: pool-a: Hutn 5 (B. Sathish 14, Patras Tirkey 32, Balachandar 34 & 59, Manoj Kumar 57) Bt Indian Army 1 (Atish Dodrai 42); NCOE (Bhopal) 4 (Tirloki Venvanshi 10, Mohit Karma 19, Vikas Valmiki 44, Mohammad Zaid Khan 55) Bt Maharashtra 2 (Prajwal Moarkar 45, Rahul Shinde 48).
Pool-B: IOC 2 (Sumit Kumar 38, Affan Yasuf 48) BT CBDT 0.
Published – July 11, 2025 08:54 PM IST
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