Tanish kumar

Hockey India Junior Men National: Chandigarh, Jammu & Kashmir, and Delhi won their respective Division ‘B’ fixtures while Karnataka, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, and Punjab won their matches in Division ‘A’ on Day 5 of the 15th Hockey India Junior Men National Championship. Three matches in Division 'B' and four in Division 'A' were played on a busy day at the Surjit Singh Hockey Stadium here on Saturday.

In the first Division ‘B’ match of the day, Hockey Himachal lost to Hockey Chandigarh 3-5 with Gurjeet Singh (35’, 48’, 51’, 56’) scoring four of the five goals for Hockey Chandigarh. The fifth goal was scored by Sharandeep Singh (23’). Meanwhile, Anubhav Rangra (52’), Anuj (6’), and Tanish Kumar (39’) scored a goal each for Hockey Himachal.

The next match was a closely-contested affair with Jammu & Kashmir defeating Hockey Arunachal 5-4 in the very last minute. All five goals for the winning team were scored by captain Rajveer Singh (13’, 23’, 46’, 53’, 60’) while, Shatish Kumar Thakur (21’), Vivek Yadav (9’), Abhi Rajbhar (42’) and captain Amarjeet Singh (38’) scored a goal each for Hockey Arunachal.