Maharashtra started their campaign on a winning note defeating Himchal Pradesh by a convincing 5-0 margin in a Group-C league match of the 51st Junior National Football Championship 2016-17, for the Dr. B.C. Roy Trophy and played at Cuttack, Odisha.
For Maharashtra the goals came through the efforts of Marc D’souza who netted a brace of goals and Sanket Salokhe, Mohammed Kamran and Alfred Negal, all three chipping with one each.
Maharashtra will take on Tripura in the next match on Wednesday, April 26.
Results – Maharashtra 5 (Marc D’Souza 2, Sanket Salokhe, Mohammed Kamran, Alfred Negal) beat Himachal Pradesh 0.