Jr men's hockey nationals: Barde's brace helps Madhya Pradesh beat Bengal 7-2

Kovilpatti (Tamil Nadu) May 22 (IANS) Madhya Pradesh and Himachal won their respective matches while Bihar were held by Arunachal and Jammu and Kashmir played out a 3-3 draw with Assam on Day 7 of the 12th Hockey India Junior Men's National Championship 2022 here on Sunday.In the first match of the day in Pool A, Hockey Himachal defeated Telangana Hockey 4-2. Krishan Chand (5', 57') and Lakhan Bhardwaj (54', 56') scored a brace each for Hockey Himachal, while Bheem Rao Vetti (17'), and Aloori Vamshi (41') scored a goal each for Telangana.In Pool B, Hockey Madhya Pradesh defeated Hockey Bengal 7-2. Satyam Barde (13', 49') and captain Shubham Lahoriya (51', 58') scored a brace each, while Gaurav Shrivastava (22'), Deepak Yadav (37'), and Vinay Sanik (41') scored a goal each for Hockey Madhya Pradesh. Ravindra Nath Thakur (7') and Santanu Naskar (37') scored one goal each for Hockey Bengal.In Pool E, Hockey Bihar and Hockey Arunachal played out a hard-fought 2-2 draw. Bhavuk (24') and Narendra Mundu (37') scored for Hockey Bihar, while Lovepreet Singh (10', 41') struck a brace for Hockey Arunachal.In the second Pool E match, Hockey Jammu & Kashmir played out a thrilling 3-3 draw against Assam Hockey. Saksham Sharma (28'), Manmeet Singh (36'), and Nohib Mughal (45') got on the score sheet for Hockey Jammu & Kashmir, while Anurag Rajbhar (13') Bidyut Roy (58'), and Sourav Hajam (60') scored for Assam Hockey.Earlier on Saturday, Hockey Haryana defeated Manipur Hockey 9-0 in Pool D. Shubham (6', 12', 29') scored a hat-trick, while Vikas (47', 56'), Rajat (17'), Deepak (45'), Ankit (55') and Sachin (60') added to the goals for Hockey Haryana.In the second Pool D match, Kerala Hockey defeated Tripura Hockey 11-0 thanks to goals from Akhil S (10', 57', 58'), Muhammed Aslam (38', 42', 54'), Teswin Viju (11', 51') and Sibin Balakrishnan (17').
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