Olympian Surjit Singh Hockey Stadium: Roundglass Hockey Academy (RGHA) and Sports Authority of India National Centre of Excellence, Sonipat continued their winning run as Phase II of the second edition of the Punjab Hockey League (U 21) got underway today here at the Olympian Surjit Singh Hockey Stadium. Both teams continue to occupy the top two places in the table, with RGHA maintaining their unbeaten run while SAI Sonipat remain within touching distance of the table toppers.
In the first match of Phase 11, SDAT Hockey Academy, Tamil Nadu secured a comfortable 3-1 victory over last placed Ghumanhera Risers Hockey Academy, New Delhi to take their points tally to 10 points in the league. S. Vishal gave SDAT the lead in the seventh minute and it was doubled by S. Krishnan who converted a penalty stroke in the second quarter. Ghumanhera halved the deficit with a strike from Kunal Singh Chhikara but M. Sugumar’s strike in the final quarter gave SDAT a comfortable victory.
SAI Sonipat raced to a two goal lead in the first quarter with goals from Navraj Singh and Srijan Yadav in the second match of the day. Naval Tata Hockey Academy, Jamshedpur came back strongly to draw level with the help of goals from Ashish Tani Purti and Premchand Soy but a penalty stroke conversion by Hargun Singh and a field goal from Harpal Singh gave SAI Sonipat a 4-2 victory to maintain their second place in the table.
