Punjab beat UP 2-1 in shoot-out to win Senior National Men’s Hockey C’ship

Punjab defeated Uttar Pradesh 2-1 within the shoot-out after each the groups failed to interrupt the impasse in regulation time to clinch the eleventh Hockey India Senior Men National Championship title right here on Tuesday.
In the third-fourth place play-off sport, Karnataka beat Maharashtra 5-2.
In the ultimate, the primary half ended goalless between the 2 heavyweights.
The impasse continued within the second half as nicely, with neither of the groups coming near scoring in regulation time.

Punjab goalkeeper Kamalbir Singh emerged because the hero of the match, making as many as 4 saves within the shoot-out to assist his workforce clinch the title.
Speaking about his aspect’s victory, Punjab coach Balwinder Singh stated, “As many as 10 gamers have been taking part in the Nationals for the primary time, so this win reveals how gifted this group is. We anticipated this type of problem within the closing, our boys confirmed nice character in the present day.

“The team was led by Rupinder Pal Singh, hence we were confident in defence. Our goalkeeper Kamalbir Singh stood tall and made excellent saves in the shoot-out.” Earlier within the day, Karnataka defeated Maharashtra 5-2 to clinch the third place. Karnataka established an early two-goal cushion, courtesy objectives from Kumar Yathish B (third minute) and Mohd Raheel (fifth).
Maharastra didn’t surrender and equalised by way of two objectives from their captain Taleb Shah within the twenty fourth and thirty third minutes respectively.
But, that wasn’t sufficient as objectives from Pavan Madivalar (thirty seventh) and Chiranth Somanna N D (forty fifth) put Karnataka within the driver’s seat on the finish of the third quarter. Likhith B M’s objective within the 52nd minute sealed the match for Karnataka.