The players from Ankur Higher Secondary School, Bhopal performed brilliantly at the 47th Nehru Junior Hockey Tournament and secured third place.
It is to be noted that the tournament was played from October 24 to November 4 at the Shivaji Stadium, Delhi.
At the tournament the BBhopal team won a bronze medal by defeating the Punjab State Institute of Mohali team by 5-1 points.
Interestingly, this is the first time when MP Players of State Men's Hockey Academy won the bronze medal in the Nehru Junior Hockey Tournament.
It is worth mentioning that all the players in the Bronze Winners Team After the establishment of the academy and the establishment of the Academy, the Bhopal players in the Nehru Junior Hockey tournament performed well and played their respective matches for the third position.
Director of Sports and Youth Welfare S.L. Thoussen congratulated the players by praising their performance of the bronze-winning team.
In the 10th and the 14th minute of the match played for third place under the tournament, Ankur Higher Secondary School Bhopal player Himanshu Sinik scored a penalty and a field goal respectively.
In the 37th minute, Bhopal team player Akhtar Ali scored the third field goal for his team.
Bhopal's team was ahead in 2-0 at Hafeez. In the 57th minute of the match, Bhopal player Himanshu gave the team a 4-0 lead by making Chatha field goals. In the 65th minute of the match, Punjab State Institute of Mohali team player Bharat Thakur scored a mere first goal for the team. In the last 68th minute of the match, by Bhopal team, Swetank James scored field goals to give the team a 5-1 win.