On the second day of All India Rajmata Vijayaraje Scindia Gold Cup Women's Hockey Tournament Team Indian Railway and Madhya Pradesh Hockey Academy performed impressively.
The tournament is organized by Bhopal Municipal Corporation (BMC). On Sunday various matches were played at Major Dhyanchand Hockey Stadium.
In the first match played between Indian Railway team and Sai Hissar, Indian Railways defeated Sai Hissar in a one-sided match by 11-0 points. On the other hand, Madhya Pradesh Women's Hockey Academy defeated Raulkela Sportspersons Hostel Odisha by 6-1.
In other matches, Sai Bhopal defeated Gujarat Academy by 4-2 and lucknow Hostel defeated UCO Bank by 4-1. Another match was played between Madhya Pradesh Academy and Raulkela Sports Hostel, Odisha. In this match the players of the academy displayed an aggressive game, scoring a score of 6-1 in the 43rd , 44th and 45th minute with back to back goals by Karishma Singh, Sarita Negi and Pooja Singh respectively.
In the second match, the match between lucknow and UCO Bank was a struggle. The lucknow team made a 2-0 lead with the help of field goals made by Arsika Singh and Pooja Prajapati. In 58th and 65th minute Sonal Tiwari of lucknow scored 2 goals and gave the team victory by 4-1 points.
In the third match between Railways and Sai Hissar, Managat Kaur of Railways converted the penalty stroke to the goal by giving it a 1-0 lead and the Railways continued to attack the team of Sai Hissar continuously. In the 46th and 57th minutes of the Railways, Priyanka Wankhede and Poonam Barla strengthened their advantage by making field goals. The team won in the 60th minute by 11-0.
The fourth match was played between Gujarat Academy and Bhopal Sai wherein Bhopal's team defeated Gujarat by 4-2 points. President of Citizen Supply Corporation Hitesh Vajpayee, Deputy Commissioner BMC Sudha Bhargava and International Hockey player Altaf Ur Rahman and other dignitaries were present on the occasion.