Manipur punish Tripura 24-0 in men's sub-junior hockey championship
Mani Huidrom contributed seven goals for Manipur's second victory followed by Bronson Moirangthem (6) and R Kumar Ningombam (4). The other scorers were Dhananjoy Moirangthem, Ibungo Kunjengbam and R Kumar Heisanam.
Manipur registered their second consecutive win as they hammered Tripura 24-0 in a Pool B league match in the third Hockey India sub-junior men's national championship (East Zone) in Nagaon, Assam on Friday.
Mani Huidrom contributed seven goals for Manipur's second victory followed by Bronson Moirangthem (6) and R Kumar Ningombam (4). The other scorers were Dhananjoy Moirangthem, Ibungo Kunjengbam and R Kumar Heisanam.
In another game of Pool B, Jharkhand marked their third consecutive win, as they beat hosts Assam 3-0.
In the first game of the day, Bengal beat Bihar 4-1 in Pool A league game. Rohit Barla scored two goals, Nitish Newpane and Biren Kumar Lakra contributed a goal each while Ravi Kumar scored the only goal for Bihar.
In another match of Pool A, Odisha registered easy win 2-0 over Mizoram.
Results
Pool A: Bengal 4 (Rohit Barla 8, 15, Nitish Newpane 35 and Biren Kumar Lakra 45) beat Bihar 1 (Ravi Kumar 30)
Odisha 2 (Sudhir Kujur 11 and Amit Chirmako 56) beat Mizoram 0.
Pool B: Manipur 24 (Mani Huidrom 3, 9, 36, 38, 54, 58, 63, Bronson Moirangthem 24, 30, 37, 60, 65, 69, Ibungo Kunjengbam 15, 29, R Kumar Ningombam 26, 31, 52, 56, Dhananjoy Moirangthem 27, 33, 39, Own Goal 28 and R Kumar Heisanam 66) beat Tripura 0.
Jharkhand 3 (Sudhir Munda 24, 61 and Soma Bhengra 38) beat Assam 0.