Bhubaneswar: On day-6 of the Final Phase of National Women’s Hockey League, Hockey Association of Odisha, Hockey Maharashtra and Hockey Bengal secured another win in their respective matches at Ranchi on Tuesday.
In the first match, Hockey Association of Odisha defeated Hockey Mizoram 1-1 (SO 2-0) in Pool A. Sanjana Kiro (5’) opened the account on the scoreboard as she scored the goal in the first quarter for Hockey Association of Odisha. On the other side, Laltlanchhungi (55’) scored the equaliser for Hockey Mizoram in the final minutes of the game.
Drupti Naik and Captain Sumi Mundari scored in the shoot-out out of the first three chances they got. Namsi Jarika (GK) stood out to be the star of the game as her heroics saved the day after saving all the four strikes by Hockey Mizoram in the shoot-out.
In the other match today, Hockey Maharashtra defeated Manipur Hockey 4-0. Sanika Chandrakant Mane (3’), Tanushree Dinesh Kadu (36’), Sanjana Raikwar (54’) and Nikku Gurjar (59’) scored for Hockey Maharashtra.
In the next match, Hockey Bengal defeated Hockey Maharashtra 1-0. Both the teams restricted each other throughout most of the game from scoring. But Shanti Horo (59’) had turned the fate of the game after scoring the deciding goal in the last minute for Hockey Bengal.
