SPO-KHELO-HOCKEY

Haryana and Punjab registered

victories in their respective second Pool B matches of the

Under-17 Men's Hockey competition in the Khelo India Games

2019 here Wednesday.

Odisha and Maharashtra won their matches in the

Under-21 Men's category,a media release by Hockey India said.

In the Under-17 Men's category, it was Haryana which

won their second consecutive match as they defeated Jharkhand

9-1.

In the other Pool B encounter, it was Punjab which

registered their first win as they beat Chandigarh 2-1.

Punjab opened the scoring in the 12th minute through

Prabhsimranjeet Singh and scored their second in the 46th

minute through Sarbjot Singh.

Chandigarh could only manage a consolation goal in the

57th minute which was scored by Rohit.

The Under-21 Men's category saw two Pool B matches

being conducted where Odisha and Maharashtra secured victories

in their matches against Haryana and Jharkhand respectively,

said the release.

Odisha registered a comfortable 4-1 victory over

Haryana to increase their tally to six points from two

matches, while Maharashtra defeated Jharkhand 8-3.