Panaji (Goa), May 10 (IANS): Hockey Bengal, Hockey Chandigarh, Hockey Madhya Pradesh, and Hockey Punjab won their respective pool matches comfortably on the seventh day of the 12th Hockey India Sub-junior Men's National Championship 2022, here on Tuesday.
In the opening match of the day, Hockey Bengal defeated Hockey Unit of Tamil Nadu 4-1 in Pool C. Karan Shaw (30', 57') scored a brace while Aman Kumar Thakur (33') and Ayush Prasad (34') also found the net for the winning side. The hockey Unit of Tamil Nadu's lone goal was scored by Praveen A in the 45th minute.
In Pool H matches, Hockey Chandigarh outplayed Hockey Assam 11-2, while Hockey Madhya Pradesh defeated Hockey Maharashtra 8-0.
In the first match of Pool H, Gurpreet Singh (1', 9', 18') and captain Gurjeet Singh (9', 13', 31') slammed a hat-trick each, while Komalpreet Singh (20'), Karanjot Singh (27'), Rajveer Gill (36'), Fateh Singh (41') and Pankaj Sharma (58') struck a goal each for Hockey Chandigarh. Assam Hockey's two goals were scored by Dhananjoy Mandal (55') and Manasrij Boro (59').
In the other Pool H tie, Hockey Madhya Pradesh outplayed Hockey Maharashtra 8-0. Captain Raja Bhaiya Kori (2', 11', 43') struck a hat-trick, while Karan Gautam (22', 38') scored a brace for Hockey Madhya Pradesh. Siddharth Ben (3'), Ritendra Pratap Singh (15'), and Azad Sultani (36') were the other goal-getters for the winning team.
In the penultimate match of the day, Hockey Punjab defeated Goans Hockey 12-0 in Pool F. Lovenoor Singh (5', 35', 46') and Prabhjot Singh (34', 52', 55') struck a hat-trick each, while Prabhdeep Singh (11', 47') scored a brace. Besides, Pritpal Singh (13'), Harpreet Singh (36'), Japnit Singh (41'), and Rohan Bhushan (43') scored a goal apiece for Hockey Punjab.