~ Navneet Kaur (27’), Jyoti (40’), Sharmila Devi (44’) and Deepika (57’) scored for Hockey Haryana ~
~ Hockey Maharashtra defeated Hockey Madhya Pradesh 2-1 in thrilling Semi-Last ~
Pune, twenty second March: The 14th Hockey India Senior Ladies Nationwide Championship witnessed Hockey Haryana defeat Hockey Jharkhand 4-0 in a Semi-Last that had over a dozen worldwide gamers on the pitch, whereas hosts Hockey Maharashtra defeated defending Champions Hockey Madhya Pradesh 2-1 within the different Semi-Last on the Main Dhyanchand Hockey Stadium Pimpri, Pune.
Hockey Haryana defeats Hockey Jharkhand to qualify for the Last:
The primary quarter ended goalless with each groups’ defenses taking part in a decent sport. Regardless of Hockey Haryana having an opportunity to take the lead with a penalty nook, Hockey Jharkhand managed to maintain the ball out.
Hockey Haryana switched up the tempo of their sport within the second quarter and stored management of the ball for many of it. They earned themselves a penalty nook and made full use of it with Indian Workforce midfielder Navneet Kaur (27’) discovering the again of the web as the primary half ended with the rating 1-0 in favour of Hockey Haryana.
Though Hockey Jharkhand retained a lot of the possession of the ball at first of the third quarter, Hockey Haryana stored the stress on them and ultimately doubled the lead with a subject objective from Indian Workforce midfielder Jyoti (40’). Sharmila Devi (44’), who performs as a ahead for the Indian Workforce, then scored a subject objective to take the rating to 3-0. With nearly ten seconds left within the quarter, Hockey Jharkhand was awarded a penalty nook however they didn’t convert it.
Hockey Jharkhand managed to search out a couple of circle entries within the last quarter however a compact Hockey Haryana protection prevented any harm. The latter was awarded one other penalty nook and Indian Workforce ahead Deepika (57’) transformed it to take the result in 4 and ensure a spot within the Last, having received the Semi-Last 4-0.
Hockey Maharashtra scrapes previous Hockey Madhya Pradesh in thrilling Semi-Last:
Within the different Semi-Last, hosts Hockey Maharashtra made an exhilarating comeback to defeat defending champions Hockey Madhya Pradesh 2-1. After a quiet first quarter that noticed no targets, Hritika Singh (28’) transformed a penalty nook in direction of the top of the second quarter as Hockey Madhya Pradesh led 1-0 at half-time.
Hockey Maharashtra was awarded a penalty nook early within the third quarter however there was no conversion. Hockey Madhya Pradesh had many alternatives to transform penalty corners within the third quarter however weren’t capable of lengthen their lead because the rating remained 1-0.
With only a objective separating the 2 groups, Hockey Maharashtra took their tempo up a notch within the last quarter. They managed to equalize with simply over eight minutes left on the clock after a penalty nook conversion from Akansha Singh (52’). Simply because the match appeared to be heading right into a penalty shoot-out, Kajal Sadashiv Atpadkar (56’) scored a subject objective to place the hosts within the lead. Hockey Maharashtra held onto their result in win the sport 2-1 and qualify for the Finals the place they may face Hockey Haryana.
The third/4th place play-off between Hockey Jharkhand and Hockey Madhya Pradesh might be performed at 1500hrs IST whereas the Finals between Hockey Haryana and Hockey Maharashtra might be performed at 1900hrs IST, each on the twenty third of March.
All of the matches might be live-streamed on FanCode.