Reigning champions Indian Oil produced a solid late charge scoring four goals in the final 12 minutes to quell the spirited challenge Central Railway and romp to a deserving 7-4 win in a keenly fought Pool-A match of the MHAL (Mumbai Hockey Association Limited) Super Division League 2015 and played at the MHAL-Mahindra Stadium, Churchgate on Wednesday evening. This was the second successive win for Indian Oil who had drawn their opening game against Rhema Sports while this was the first defeat for Central who have won one and drawn the other two games.
Punjab National Bank (PNB) skipper and penalty corner specialist Jitender Saroha (left) is seen receiving the ‘Man-of-the-match; award in a Pool-A match of the MHAL Super League from international Yuvraj Walmiki.
The highlight of Indian Oil’s win was the slick finishing by forward Roshan Minz who recorded another hat-trick in the competition. He had earlier scored a hat-trick in the team’s 5-3 win against Indian Navy in the last match. Bharat Chikara, Sunil Yadav, Deepak Thakur and Prabhjot Singh scored a goal each to complete the win for the oilmen. Central Railway’s dashing midfielder Affan Yusuf also got a hat-trick and Yuvraj Walmiki got one.
Earlier in the afternoon, Indian Navy pulled off a narrow 3-2 win against Rhema Sports in another Poo-A encounter.
Jaspal Singh (Indian Navy), Roshan Minz (Indian Oil) and ) were adjudged the ‘Man-of-the-match’ in their respective matches and all three received a cash award of Rs 1,000 each.
Results
Pool-A: Indian Oil 7 (Bharat Chikara 3rd, Roshan Minz 43rd, 57th, 63rd, Sunil Yadav 50th, Deepak Thakur 61st, Prabhjot Singh 69th) beat Central Railway 4 (Yuvraj Walmiki 11th, Affan Yusuf (14th, 25th, 52nd). Man-of-the-match: Roshan Minz (Indian Oil).
Pool-A: Indian Navy 3 (Surinder Singh 32nd, Ved Prakash 33rd, Nitesh 55th) beat Rhema Sports 2 (Manpreet Singh 18th, Sukhman Singh 34th). Man-of-the-match: Jaspal Singh (Indian Navy).
This match is in progress – Pool-A: Namdhari XI ( Harpreet Singh , Bhagat Singh , Gagandeep Singh ) beat
Punjab National Bank ). Man-of-the-match: Singh (Namdhari XI).
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Thursday fixtures
2.30 pm: Central Secretariat vs BEG (Pool-B).
4.15 pm: Western Railway vs ONGC (Pool-B).