Hockey Senior Men's National Championship Day 1: Chandigarh, Goa, Arunachal start with wins; Uttarakhand, Bihar beaten

The Hockey Senior Men’s National Championship 2025 is being played with a new format.

Rajasthan, Arunachal, Chhattisgarh, Himachal, Chandigarh and Goa couldn’t have asked for a better start as they started their campaign at the 15th Hockey India Senior Men’s National Championship 2025 with win in Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh.

In the first match of the day, Rajasthan defeated Tripura 9-1 in Division ‘C’. Vishal Kumar (51’, 57’, 60, 60+’) stood out to be top goal scorer after scoring four goals. Vikram Singh Rathore (6’, 38’) and Anurag (9’, 56’) also scored a brace whereas Pulkit (1’) also scored one goal to take the game further away from Tripura. On the other hand, Sourabh Boora (30+’) scored the consolation goal for Tripura.

In the next match, Arunachal defeated Jammu & Kashmir 5-0 in Division ‘C’. Neeraj (27’, 43’) scored a couple of goals whereas Brijesh Yadav (8’), Jay Prakash Patel (20’) and Sahabaz Khan (56’) also scored one goal each to start the campaign with a win.

In the other match, Chhattisgarh defeated Gujarat 10-0. Koothanda Changappa (13’, 56’), Arjun Yadav (32’, 51’), Sonu Nishad (41’, 57’) and Shailendra Verma (48’, 50’) scored brace each for the winning side. Kartik Yadav (22’) and Ganesh Yadav (37’) scored one goal each to take the game further away Gujarat.

Himachal defeated Bihar 6-2 in Division ‘C’. Harsh (19’, 27’, 47’) scored a hat-trick for Himachal joined by Amit Kumar (36’, 59’) who also scored a brace. Pandia Rajan S (14’) also scored one goal to confirm the lead in the game. Jony Kumar (3’) and Md. Danish (58’) scored in the first and last quarters respectively for Bihar.

In the fifth match of the day, Chandigarh won 13-1 against Andhra Pradesh in Division ‘B’. Gurmukh Singh (8’, 9’, 17’, 33’, 40’) scored a fifer for his side whereas Mohit (11’, 12’, 25’, 30’) also scored four goals to strengthen their team’s position in the game. Deepak (15’, 19’) scored a brace followed by Amandeep (49’) and Dilip Pal (55’). Venu Gorrela Gopal (45’) scored the only goal for Andhra Pradesh.

In the other match, Goa defeated Uttarakhand 3-0 in Division ‘B’. Thrishul Ganapathi H (17′) opened the account on the scoreboard for Goa, joined by skipper Swapnil Haldankar (27′) and Issub Sayed (50′) who also scored one goal each to take the game away from Uttarakhand.

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