Women’s hockey nationals: Punjab to fulfill Odisha in quarters

Jhansi: Sarabdeep Kaur and Kirandeep Kaur scored a brace every as Hockey Punjab blanked Hockey Arunachal 6-0 to achieve the quarter-finals of the eleventh Hockey India Senior Women’s National Championship 2021 right here on Tuesday.
Sarabdeep opened the scoring for Punjab within the twentieth minute and added one other purpose within the thirty third minute whereas Kirandeep Kaur scored her brace of targets within the thirty sixth and forty third minute of the match as Hockey Punjab began on a powerful be aware of their Pool E match. Shalu Mann (28′) and Navjot Kaur (50′) scored one purpose every as Punjab sealed their place within the last-eight stage.
In the quarter-finals, Hockey Punjab will tackle robust contenders Odisha whereas Hockey Madhya Pradesh face Hockey Jharkhand, Hockey Maharashtra tackle Karnataka and Hockey Haryana meet Uttar Pradesh Hockey in different last-eight stage matches on Wednesday.
Chhattisgarh Hockey, Hockey Andhra Pradesh, Hockey Bihar, and Hockey Bengal registered victories of their respective matches on the sixth day of the championship.
Earlier, within the first match of the day, Chhattisgarh Hockey defeated Hockey Himachal 14-1 of their Pool D match. Rushali Kashyap (23′, 39′, 50′, 54′) scored 4 targets, whereas Aasmeen Khan (6′, 17′), Shashi Kiran Lakra (11′, 21′), Captain Balvinder Kaur Mehra (37′, 55′), Pooja Singh (43′, 57′) scored a brace every. Gayatri Shinde (15′) and Pooja Yadav (36′) scored one purpose every. Sakshi Thakur (18′) scored the one purpose for Hockey Himachal.
In the opposite Pool E match, Hockey Andhra Pradesh defeated Hockey Chandigarh 3-2. Kalapureddi Veera Venkata Durga (38′, 42′, 54′) scored a hat-trick for Hockey Andhra Pradesh, whereas Reetu Devi (17′) and Poonam (29′) scored one purpose every for Hockey Chandigarh.
In Pool A, Hockey Uttarakhand drew 0-0 with Le Puducherry Hockey.
Hockey Bihar defeated Goans Hockey 4-1 of their Pool B match. Ebha Kerketta (22′, 43′, 54′) scored a hat-trick, whereas Ritu Singh (25′) scored one purpose for Hockey Bihar, whereas Captain Geeta Rathod (10′) scored the one purpose for Goans Hockey.
In the final match of the day, Hockey Bengal defeated Hockey Gujarat 8-1 of their Pool C match. Manisha Bhakat (3′, 7′, 24′, 41′, 51′) scored 5 targets, whereas Nandita Deb (20′), Puja Bag (54′), and Supriya Bahadur (57′) scored one purpose every for Hockey Bengal. Muskan Kureshi (47′) scored the one purpose for Hockey Gujarat.
(IANS)