PANJIM: Goans Hockey and Delhi Hockey played out a 1-1 draw, in the 12th Hockey India sub-junior men’s National championship played at Hockey Astro Turf, at Peddem Sports Complex, Mapusa, Goa on Thursday.
The first quarter started off with a goal for Delhi from their player Afridi and they were good with their skills, ball possession, and offence.
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In the fourth quarter Goa’s Anand Kumar managed to tear down the Delhi defence and score a great goal making the score a tie, Delhi also had its moments here and there but couldn’t manage to put a goal in their bag.
Elsewhere, Maharashtra edged out Assam 2-1. The northeastern side opened their account through Swayam Gangurde but their lead didn’t last long as the holdup possession play led to the Maharashtrian side finding the opening and scoring a goal to level the scoreboard.
A toughly fought second quarter ended with the Assamese team in the driver’s seat as the scoreboard read 2-1 in their favour.
In the other matches, Manipur thrashed Hockey Himachal 12-4.
Punjab destroyed Puducherry 25-0.
