HOCKEY | Top teams saunter into the quarterfinals
The Hindu
Top teams breeze into QF of Hockey India 13th Senior National men's championship. Punjab, UP & Odisha qualify in style with thumping wins. Telangana's captain & goalkeeper Sai Kumar Gangavath made some wonderful saves. QF line-up: Haryana vs Odisha; TN vs UP; Karnataka vs Jharkhand; Punjab vs Manipur.
As expected, all the top teams breezed into the quarterfinals of the Hockey India 13th Senior National men’s championship here.
With five teams already making it to the last eight on Thursday, it was left to the remaining three — Punjab (Pool D), Uttar Pradesh (G) and Odisha (H) to qualify. They all did it in style in their last group matches, with thumping wins on Friday.
Also see: Odisha thrashes Telangana
Early in the morning, strong favourite Punjab blanked Uttarakhand 13-0 with Harmanpreet Singh and Jugraj Singh scoring a hat-trick each. Later, UP dominated from start to finish as it completed an 8-1 victory over Rajasthan.
In the last match of the day, Odisha routed Telangana 7-0. Though Odisha ran riot in the second, third and fourth quarters, it was Telangana that shone in the first as it withstood a barrage of attack from its opponent.
Also see: UP dominates Rajasthan
A special mention must be made of Telangana’s captain and goalkeeper Sai Kumar Gangavath, who made some wonderful saves throughout and especially in the first quarter.
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