The Madhya Pradesh Hockey Academy while showcasing brilliant performance defeated Hockey Orissa by 3-2 bagging third position at the finals.
Notably, the 7th Sub-Junior National Hockey Championship was hosted in Bangalore this year. Winning this match Madhya Pradesh Hockey Academy secured a third position at the finale.
During the final match, the Madhya Pradesh Hockey Academy defeated Hockey Orissa. The match was played under ‘A’ division men’s category.
The Madhya Pradesh Hockey Academy team gave a tough competition to Hockey Orissa after the first half.Till half time the team of Madhya Pradesh was leading the score board by 3-1.
During the first half, Hockey Orissa tried really hard to equalize the scores, but always missed the goal.
It was just one goal hit by the team Orissa during the first half of the match the players of Madhya Pradesh Hockey Academy played really well during the first half, pressurizing the rivals.
Player Haider Ali of Madhya Pradesh Hockey Academy hit the first goal during the 8th minute. Again in the 27th minute Sahilendra Singh hit a field goal. Besides, Shailendra gave a tough challenge to the rival team by hitting one field goal and a penalty goal each in the first half of the game.
Meanwhile, during the final match Hockey Chandigarh defeated Sports Authority of India (SAI) by 4-0 bagging the first position at the match. SAI secured the second position and Madhya Pradesh Hockey Academy bagged the third position.
On the success of Madhya Pradesh Hockey Academy Minister of Sports and Youth Welfare Yashodhara Raje Scindia and Director of Sports and Youth Welfare Upendra Jain congratulated the players.