Chandigarh, Haryana and UP enter semi-finals

KOVILPATTI (TN): Uttar Pradesh Hockey handed out a 6-1 drubbing to Hockey Karnataka while Hockey Chandigarh defeated Hockey Jharkhand 4 – 2 in the quarter-final matches in the 12th Hockey India Junior Men National Championship 2022 here on Wednesday. In the third quarter-final fixture Hockey Haryana mauled Hockey Arunachal bt 13 – 1.

In the first quarter-final, Uttar Pradesh Hockey defeated Hockey Karnataka 6 – 1 thanks to goals from Captain Sharda Nand Tiwari (30’, 55’), Sourabh Anand Khushwaha (38’, 59’), Rajan Gupta (24’) and Arun Sahani (53’). Vishwas. G (50’) registered on the score sheet for Hockey Karnataka.

In the second quarter- final, Hockey Chandigarh overcame Hockey Jharkhand 4 – 2. Inderpal Singh (15’, 25’, 36’) scored a crucial hat-trick, while Harpanthpreet Singh (37’) added one goal for Hockey Chandigarh. Atish Dodrai (38’) and Abhishek Guria (47’) scored for Hockey Jharkhand.
In the third quarter -final, Hockey Haryana overpowered Hockey Arunachal 13 – 1. Shubham (15’, 38’, 59’) led with a hat-trick, while Rajat (2’, 30’), Tanuj Saroha (29’, 47’), Deepak (36’, 41’), Ankit (6’), Captain Vikas (17’), Sanjit (32’) and Gurnoor Grewal (45’) also chipped in with goals for Hockey Haryana. Navjot (57’) pulled one goal back for Hockey Arunachal.