Opening day shocker for Maharashtra

Hosts Maharashtra crashed to a surprise defeat against Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

Andaman and Nicobar drew first blood scoring the opener within the 10 minutes. They added a second soon and Maharashtra pulled one back off a penalty corner. Each team scored two more but Andaman and Nicobar’s aggression paid off as they marched to a 4-3 victory.

Results of the Group League round at Balewadi Ground:

Group F: Railway Sports Promotion Board (Sanjay Bir 2,56,63,66,68 min,B Horo 11,17,40,43,61 min,Jasjeet Singh 19,26,44 min,Vinod Kumar Singh 67,69 min,Jagandeep Singh 9 min,Gurpreet Singh 27 min,Niyaz Rahim 34 min,Ram Prakash 35 min,Irshad Mirza 59 min) beat Hockey Jammu & Kashmir (Sikander Pal Singh 12 min) 20-1

Hockey Bhopal (Irfan Ali 1,38 min,Mayank Jemef 6,36 min,Shadab Khan 10,48 min,Neubeem Rehman 31,69 min,Osaf Ur-Rehman 33 min,Azam Baig 55 min,Imran Yusuf 62,65 min) beat Sashastra Seema Bal (Gunamuni Singh 7,63 min,Romi Kumar Singh 11 min,Surchanrda Singh 18 min,Kanta Singh 54 min) 12-5

Chandigarh Olympic Association (Harmanpreet Singh 15,16,19,39,47,55,61 min,Own goal 17min,Davindar Singh 20 min,Shahnavaz Alam 24,28 min,Gagandeep Singh 33,51,65 min,Lakhwinder Singh 37 min,Ravinder Singh 46 min,Amrik Singh 63 min,Sukhadeo Singh 66 min) beat Hockey Rajasthan 18-0

Group B: Air India Sports Promotion Board beat Hockey Puducherry 11-1

Group D: UP Hockey beat Mumbai Hockey Association 2-1