Karnataka defeats Bihar; Second win for Manipur
The Hindu
Senior National
One-sided matches were the order of the day yet again in the Hockey India-13th senior National men’s championship here on Tuesday.
Karnataka outplayed Bihar 12-1 in Pool C while Manipur eased past J&K 15-1 for its second successive win in Pool E.
In other matches, Bengal opened its campaign with a 3-1 victory over Madhya Pradesh while Andhra Pradesh beat Goans 3-1 in Pool F.
Manipur impressed with its structured play. It pumped in nine goals in the first half (five in first quarter and four in second). It maintained the momentum in the third, scoring four and slowed down a bit in the fourth and last quarter with just two goals.
Favourite Punjab will play its first match against Maharashtra in Pool D on Tuesday after its contest against Tripura was forfeited the other day when the latter failed to turn up.
The results:
Pool C: Karnataka 12 (Raheel Mouseen Mohd. 11, 14, Abharan Sudev 13, 55, Sheshe Gowda 15, Chetan Mallappa Karisiri 18, 42. N. G. Somaiah 21, Harish Mutagar 22, 28, Likith Bm 27, Bharath Mahalingappa Kurtakoti 38) bt Bihar 1 (Abhay Kumar 54).
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