Jharkhand beat Tripura 25-0 in sub-junior hockey

Nagaon - Jharkhand continued their winning streak on the second day of the Sub-Junior Men’s National Hockey Championship (East Zone) here Thursday.

In a Pool B game, Jharkhand beat Tripura 25-0 as Mahendra Topno scored the highest five goals. In their earlier game, Jharkhand beat Manipur 7-0. In another game of Pool B Manipur defeated Assam 2-0.

In Pool A, Odisha registered an easy 5-0 win over Bihar while Mizoram beat Bengal 4-0 in another game of the same pool.

Results: Pool A: Odisha 5 (Tikei Kujur 40, Punit Kujur 45, Own Goal 53, Ashwin Kujur 58 and Amit Chirmako 65) beat Bihar 0.

Mizoram 4 (Lalmuanawma 14, Vanroluaha 34, Laltanpuia 35 and Ramdintluanga 65) beat Bengal 0.

Pool B: Jharkhand 25 (Sunil Bhuinya 7, Petrus Tiru 8, 63, Sudhir Munda 10, Soma Bhengra 15, 21, 31, Joseph Nag 17, 57, Amit Bhengra 20, 24, 66, Mahendra Topno 25, 36, 40, 48, 51, Budu Juti 34, 45, 47 and Kumud Kullu 35, 39, 44, 52, 64) beat Tripura 0.

Manipur 2 (Bronson Moirangthem 21 and Yumlembam Nelson 58) beat Assam 0.