Hockey Gangpur thump Chhattisgarh

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Bhubaneswar, May 21: Prakash Dhir struck four goals and Mandeep Kerketta, Sudeep Chirmako scored brilliant hat-tricks to help Hockey Gangpur pummel Chhattisgarh Hockey 18-1 in a match of the Vth  Hockey India Sub-Junior ( Division-A) Hockey Championship in New Delhi, Thursday.

Hockey Gangpur made a cracking start in this lop-sided match and Amandeep Lakra converted a penalty corner in the third minute to open the flood gate. This was followed by a beautiful field goal by Mandip Kerketta in the 19^th minute, taking the lead to 2-0. Biraj Topno quickly struck two back-to-back field goals in the 22^nd and 23^rdminutes respectively to increase the lead to 4-0.

Sudeep Chirmako scored promptly four minutes later. Prakash Dhir surged ahead in full strength and struck twice in the 30^th and 32^nd minutes through penalty corner conversions. The team led 10-0 during the lemon break thanks to strikes by Mandeep (37^th), Nahas Barwa (38^th) and Prakash Dhir (39^th).

After the change of ends, Gangpur maintained their scoring momentum and scored eight more goals to seal thumping victory. The remaining goals were scored by Sudeep (46^th, 49^th), Shakti Kujur (48^th, 51^st), Nahas Barwa (55^th), Prakash(64^th), Amandeep (68^th) and Mandip (69^th).

Chhattisgarh Hockey finally broke the shackles and scored a lone goal in the 43^rd minute through Gurpeert Singh.