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Andhra trounces Himachal Pradesh

By Our Special Correspondent

VISAKHAPATNAM, FEB. 20. Right-in N.S. Rajesh scored a hat-trick as host Andhra dominated Himachal Pradesh for a 6-2 win while last edition's third place winner Pondicherry was held 1-1 by Rajasthan in an exciting match in the league phase of the second under-18 junior National hockey championship, which opened simultaneously here and at Bhimavaram on Sunday.

While the above two matches were held at the KGRL College ground, Bhimavaram, Uttaranchal put Orissa, fourth last time, under pressure in the first half but conceded four goals in the second half at the Port Stadium here.

Earlier SAIL turned its first match into a good practice session, swamping a hapless Maharashtra 13-0.

Mumbai scored an easy 5-1 win over Hyderabad. Rajesh completed his hat-trick within the first 15 minutes, scoring a field goal in the sixth minute, followed by a penatly corner conversion in the 10th and another field goal in the 15th.

Ajay Babu scored four minutes later to give the host a 4-0 lead. Jagtar Singh knocked in one for HP two minutes from the break. Yugandhar scored through a penatly corner in the 36th minute and captain K. Suresh rounded off the tally one minute from the hooter by converting a penalty stroke.

The last match of the day turned out to be an interesting affair with Rajasthan and Pondicherry going all out against each other. Both goals were scored in the first half with Ramarajan making no mistake with a penalty stoke awarded to Pondicherry in the 24th minute.

Rajasthan drew abreast within six minutes when Marshall Leo scored a fine goal. Pondicherry forced five penalty corners and Rajasthan had three but none was converted.

The results:

At Visakhapatnam: Pool A: Jharkhand 3 (J.S. Putty 29th, Sugun Naik 40th and 61st) bt Manipur 0. Pool B: Chattisgarh 3 (P. Niyas 45th, C.V. Ashil 64th and K. Vaisak 67th) bt Kerala 1 (M. Nishanth 7th). Pool C: SAIL 13 (Rajendra Bahla 11th, 19th and 33rd, Md. Amir Hayat 15th and 29th, Leonard Bihung 26th and 27th, Berendra Lakra 24th and 34th, Deepak Kumar Lakra 53rd and 66th and Barnabas Bera 63rd, 64th) bt Maharashtra 0. Pool D: Bihar 3 (Nirmal Dham 30th, Satish Herent 47th and Ajay Ekka 68th) bt Chandigarh (Gurswab Singh 2nd). Orissa 4 (Anil Kulhu 62nd, 69th), Dhyanchand Munda 51st and Pradeep Xaxa 65th) bt Uttaranchal 0.

At Bhimavaram: Pool E: Mumbai 5 (Taj Khan 8th, Amit Singh 30th and 50th, Alwyn Alexander 50th and Javed Ahmed 68th) bt Hyderabad 1 (M.A. Kranthi Kumar). Pondicherry 1 (Ramarajan 24th) drew with Rajasthan 1 (Marshall Leo 30th). Pool G: Andhra 6 (N.S. Rajesh 6th, 10th and 15th, Ajay Babu 19th, Yugandhar 36th and K. Suresh 68th) bt Himachal Pradesh 2 (Jagtar Singh 33rd and Rishu 62nd).

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