Union Bank of India (UBI) produced another fluent performance and marched to a 4-0 win against Republicans Sports Club in a league match of the Mumbai Hockey Association Limited (MHAL) organised Mumbai Hockey Championship 2022, at the MHAL Stadium, Churchgate on Wednesday.
Earlier, Champions Training Centre (CTC) posted a 4-1 win against Abhi Foundation to also register their third straight win.
The Republicans youngsters did well initially and denied the fancied Union Bank attackers from scoring in the first quarter. However, their resistance was finally breached in the 23rd minute when Vinod Saini converted from a penalty corner to open the account for Union Bank.
The bankers doubled the lead through Suraj Sahi’s penalty corner conversion in the 35th minute before Vineet Shetty and Aamid Khan scored a goal each in the final quarter to complete the win.
After a barren first half, CTC took the lead through Olympian Devender Walmik’s strike in the 36th minute. Later, CTC scored three goals in the final quarter through Affan Yusuf, Mohd Sadik, and Tikaram Thakulla, while Jaydeep B. got Abhi Foundation’s consolation goal late in the match.
Results: CTC 4 (Devender Walmiki, Affan Yusuf, Mohd Sadik, Tikaram Thakulla) beat Abhi Foundation 1 (Jaydeep B.).
Union Bank of India 4 (Vinod Saini, Suraj Sahi, Vineet Shetty, Aamid Khan) beat Republicans SC 0.