Girish Rane’s impressed by scoring a fine hat-trick and leading Air India Colony lads to a thumping 7-0 win against Farm House Sports Club in a Boy’s Under-16 match of the 17th Kalina Football League 2017, organised by the Our Lady of Egypt Church Sports Committee, and played at the Our Lady of Egypt Church grounds, Kalina.
Besides Girish’s brilliant efforts, the other who contributed towards the win was Eshwar Gaikwad who netted a brace of goals and Nitin Gawde who scored one to complete the winning tally of goals.
In another match, defending champions Junior Kalina Rangers prevailed over Inspiring Humanity SC by a narrow 1-0 margin. Pratham Shukla scored the crucial winning goal to help Rangers secure a win.
Air India Colony topped the five-team league with 12 points followed by Rangers with 7 points in second place. Inspiring Humanity finished in third spot, while Kalina Village Boys were placed fourth with four points.
In the semi-finals, Air India will take on Village Boys and Rangers will clash with Inspiring Humanity.
Results – Boys Under-16: Junior Kalina Rangers 1 (Pratham Shukla 1) beat Inspiring Humanity SC 0.
Air India Colony 7 (Girish Rane 3, Eshwar Gaikwad 2, Nitin Gawde 1) beat Farm House SC 0.