Pune eves enter hockey quarterfinals

Nutan Insole with two goals in the 21st and 33rd minutes played a crucial role in PDHA’s victory.

Pooja Bhoyar added the third soon after,finding the target in the 55th minute.

PDHA have won all their three matches to emerge top of their pool with nine points and have qualified for the last-eight stage. PDHA have won all their three matches to emerge top of their pool with nine points and have qualified for the last-eight stage.

Meanwhile,in the boys’ section,co-hosts Maharashtra did not enjoy similar luck as they conceded three goals in the last 15 minutes of their match against Madhya Bharat to suffer an agonizing defeat. The home team found themselves 2-0 up by the middle of the game thanks to an early strike by Ajinkya Kalbhor,to which Ashutosh Lingesh added in the 45 th minute to give Maharashtra a 2-0 lead. However,Madhya Bharat refused to back down,and their ceaseless pressure paid off in the 55 th minute,when Utkarsha Sharma pulled one back for his team to make it 2-1. This injected new life into the attack,and they soon drew level thanks to Vinod Yadav,who smashed in the equaliser just two minutes later. The momentum of the game swung completely in Madhya Bharat’s direction,and Dhananjay Uchadiya slotted home the winner in the 62 nd minute to give them a deserving victory.

Results:

Girl’s – Pool D: PDHA 3 (Nutan Insole 2 goals – 21th ,33rd Pooja Bhoyar 1 – 55th ) bt Orissa 0.

Outer Districts 5 (Ramma Pramod,Kartiki Mohite,Utkarsha Jaddhav,Shweta Patil,Ashwariya) bt Baroda 0.

Pool C: Karnataka 1 (Yash Ashwini K) bt Bhopal 0.

Pool B: Uttar Pradesh 13 (Shilpa Singh 5,Rashmi Singh 3,Pratibha Choudhary 2,Kavita Mourva,Pooja Singh,Archana Singh,Bhavna Singh) bt Pondicherry 0.

Pool F: Mumbai 7 (Naomi Monteiro 3,Vishaka,Meenakshi,Hemangi Naidu,Salochna) bt West Bengal 0.

Pool G: Chandigarh 7 (Reena 3,Shivani 2,Ritusha,Nisha) bt Manipur 0.

Boy’s – Pool D: Madhya Bharat 3 (Utkarsha Sharma 55th,Vinod Yadav 57,Dhananjay Uchadiya 62nd) bt Maharashtra 2 (Ajinkya Kalbhor 6th,Ashitosh Lingesh 45th).

IOC 17 (Affan 5 goals – 5th,8th,16th,36th & 49th; Nitin 3 – 39th,32nd,40th; Ninjathan 3 – 3rd & 13th; Naeem 1st,Sanklap 7th; Chandan 9th; Sampath 12th; Sukhdev 20th; Arjun 33rd; Gagandeep 35th) bt Gujarat 0.

Pool H: Bhopal 17 (Azam Beg 6 goals – 18th,45th,47th,58th,59th & 68th; Asif Siddique 3 – 7th,23rd & 43rd; Aftab Khan 2 – 3rd & 42nd; Amir Rehman 2 – 40th & 50th; Juned Ansari 9th; Md Razique 20th; Md Sahir 46th; Almas Khan 63rd) bt Baroda 1 (Kiran Thapa 35th).

West Bengal 25 (Rajan Kadulna 10 gaols – 11th,13th ,19th,28th,50th,56th,60th,65th,69th,70th; Sushil Pandu 3 – 1st,52nd,63rd; Harman Barla 3 – 4th,5th,23rd; Khalid Khan 3 – 16th,17th; 51st; Akhil Lakra 2 – 36th,55th; ABiswas 2 – 4th,68th.