Assam Hockey run amok

Chris G Alphred and Manish Sahani scored seven and five goals respectively for Assam.

Update: 2017-05-02 19:44 GMT
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Bengaluru: Assam Hockey came with the most noteworthy result of the day, thumping Hockey Gujarat 21-1 in the seventh Hockey Indian sub junior men’s national championship held at the KSHA stadium on Tuesday.

Chris G Alphred and Manish Sahani scored seven and five goals respectively for Assam.

Another north-eastern state, Mizoram despatched Hockey Uttarakhand 8-3 courtesy of a four wonderfully crafted goals from Hmangaisanga.

Hockey Bengaluru meanwhile went down 3-2 to Hockey Him in their Group D encounter.

Hockey Madhya Pradhesh took Hockey Jammu and Kashmir to the cleaners, with a mammoth 9-1 win. Shwetank James made all the difference with his hat-trick while Aditya Chhatri and Gaurav Tripathi both chipped in with braces.
The semi-finals, set to be held on May 4, will feature Mumbai School Sports Association take on Hockey Rajasthan while Namdhari XI will face Bengal Hockey Association.

RESULTS:
Pool A:
Assam Hockey 21 (Mrinal Roy 1, 14, 49, Madhujya Boruah 3, Chris G Alphred 4, 7, 18, 19, 54, 63, 69, Manish Sahani 9, 11, 27, 36, 64, Ankit Kumar 22, 39, 48, Pranjit Chetia 47, Mojammil Hoque 66) bt Hockey Gujarat 1 (Kashyap Sawant 60)
Hockey Uttarakhand 3 (Keshav 5, Prakhar Gunwant 37, Pradeep Singh Bisht 54) lt to Hockey Mizoram 8 (Lalruatdika 12, 31, Lalruatsanga 16, Hmangaisanga 17, 46, 52, 67, Zothanpuia 49)
Pool D:
Hockey Madhya Pradesh 9 (Shwetank James 4, 11, 38, Aditya Chhatri 13, 54, Gaurav Tripathi 33, 60, Abdul Rahman 67, Shadan Khan 70) bt Hockey Jammu & Kashmir 1 (Gagandeep Singh Sr 2)
Hockey Bengaluru 2 (Prem 11, Ganesh Majji 18) lt to Hockey HIM 3 (Dhananjay Prajapati 34, Neeraj Thakur 58, Jagjot Singh 60)
Hockey Kerala 1 (Ajeesh Reji 13) lt to Hockey Rajasthan 10 (Vijendra Singh Rathore 3, 28, 42; Danish 17, Aniket Rawat 24, Sachin 46, 61, 67, Pankaj Godara 48)

Qualified teams:
Pool A: Mumbai School Sports Association
Pool B: Namdhari XI
Pool C: Bengal Hockey Association
Pool D: Hockey Rajasthan

Semifinal fixtures (on May 4):
Mumbai School Sports Association vs Hockey Rajasthan at 9 am
Namdhari XI vs Bengal Hockey Association at 10.30 am

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