The All India Civil Services Football competition kick started on Wednesday.
Organised by Sports and Youth Welfare the competition is being played at Motilal Nehru Stadium. On the first day nine league matches were played. On the basis of league matches, eight teams made it to the quarter-finals.
RSB Kochi from Pool 'A', Chandigarh from Pool 'B', RSB Bangalore from Pool 'C', RSB Chennai from Pool 'D', CS Delhi from Pool 'E', Delhi from Pool 'F', Haryana ' From Chattisgarh and Pool 'H', the team of Maharashtra reached the quarter-finals. The quarterfinals will be played on Thursday.
In the exciting match played between Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra on Wednesday, due to the spectacular performance of the players of both the teams, both teams remained at zero level. Even in the second half, no team could score goals from both teams and the match was a tie. In the league match, the teams of Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra were on equal score with four-four points but on the basis of the goal average, Maharashtra team made it to the quarter-finals. In other matches played on the same ground, Kerala defeated Tamil Nadu by 5-3, Haryana scored 5-0, Chhattisgarh defeated Pondicherry by 7-0 points. Similarly, on the Motilal Nehru Stadium Sports Ground, RSB Chandigarh defeated RSB Odisha by 3-0, RSB Chennai defeated RCB Karnataka 6-0 and RSB Kochi defeated RSB Ahmedabad with 2-1 points.
Madhya Pradesh Civil Services Football Team include players Goalkeeper is Dara Singh Yadav (Team Manager) and Nand Kishore Soni, Defenders are Kamal Pawar, Anand Yadav, Ajit Gill, Vasurajan Pillai and Prakash Katra, Midfielders are Nasir Ansari, Kudan Jatava, Ram Singh Mohaniya, Mukesh Rikawar and Ravi Viraha, Forward players are Hassan Uddin Khilji, Rajat Rose, Manish Chauhan, Vimal Dev, Anil Suvarna, Manish Razak, Abhinav Talukarar and Saad Khan. JP Lion is the coach of the team.