HIL | Dragons hit back to hold Rudras, enter semifinal
The Hindu
Tamil Nadu Dragons secure semifinal spot after drawing 2-2 with UP Rudras in intense Hockey India League match.
In a straight shootout for the last semifinal place, Tamil Nadu Dragons came from behind to hold UP Rudras 2-2 in a tantalising Pool B fixture in the Hockey India League (HIL) to make sure of its spot at the Birsa Munda Hockey Stadium on Wednesday.
A point was enough for Dragons to confirm its place in the top four, but it was made to work hard for it.
Rudras won a consolation penalty shootout 3-2 in the final pool match.
Starting the game placed fifth, Rudras dominated Dragons in the opening quarter, going up 2-0 after goals from Sudeep Chirmako and Lalit Kumar Upadhyay to leave the side from Tamil Nadu kicking the turf in frustration.
Dragons came out firing in the second half with Selvam Karthi squandering a glorious opportunity. But Dragons’ pressure paid off from a penalty corner when Blake Govers slid the ball behind to Jip Janssen, who fired his drag-flick low into the corner to give his side a lifeline.
Good saves
Rudras’ ’keeper James Mazarelo made two excellent saves from Janssen but was undone in the final quarter when Thomas Sorsby deflected Govers’ short corner past Mazarelo to draw his side level.
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