Five matches were played on Friday under the 12th Hockey India National Senior Men's Hockey Championship-2022.
It is organized under the joint aegis of Hockey India and Sports and Youth Welfare Department.
The competition is being played from April 6 to 17 at Major Dhyan Chand Hockey Stadium.
First match was played between Hockey Punjab vs Delhi Hockey. Delhi player Dheeraj Vats scored the first goal for his team from a penalty corner. In the same quarter, Punjab player Lovepreet Jainth scored a field goal to bring his team to a 1-1 draw.
In the 60th minute of the fourth and final quarter of the match, Delhi player Rohit scored a field goal to give his team a 3-2 victory.
Second match was between Hockey Chandigarh vs Hockey Jharkhand.
In the second quarter of the match, Jharkhand captain Anuruddha Bhengra scored a field goal to bring his team to a 1-1 draw. In the fourth and final quarter of the match, both the teams could not score any goal. And Jharkhand won the match by 3-2.
Third match was played between Hockey Jammu and Kashmir and Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu Hockey.
In the 15th minute of the first quarter of the third match played today, Jammu and Kashmir player Sohil Azim scored from a penalty corner to make his team 1-0.
In the 25th minute of the match, Jammu and Kashmir player Manpreet Singh scored a field goal to give his team a 3-1 lead. After this both the teams could not score any goal and the match was tied at 3-3.
Fourth match was between Hockey Bengal vs LE Puducherry Hockey.
Both the teams could not score any goal in the first quarter. Puducherry captain Vinodhan scored a penalty stroke in the 20th minute of the second quarter of the match to make his team 1-0. After that both the teams could not score any goal. Hockey Bengal won 3-2 in this match.
Fifth match was played between Hockey Gujarat vs Hockey Arunachal. In the 5th minute of the first quarter of the fifth match played today, Arunachal player Dheeraj Nain scored a field goal to make his team 1-0. In the 7th minute of the match, Gujarat captain Shubham Yadav scored from a penalty corner to level the score 1-1.