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CHANDIGARH, NOV 2
Spirited Punjab gave a tough
resistance to Indian Hockey Team before going down fighting by 2-3 in an
exhibition hockey match played at the Olympian Surjit Hockey Stadium in
Jalandhar today.
The match was played ona very fast note. The Punjab boys under the
captainship of Olympian Rajpal Singh displayed controlled hockey. The Indian
team under the captainship of Sardar Singh, though won the match but failed to
impress. In the 7th minute of the play Indian team’s S.V Sunil
scored the field goal (1-0). In the 10th minute Punjab’s
Jaskaran Singh equalized with a field goal from the right flank ( 1-1).
One minute after resumption, Punjab
took lead with penalty corner conversion by Harpreet Singh Nagra ( 2-1). After
that Punjab gave no room to the Indian squad. In the last minutes of the game
they were not able to stop Indian forwards. In the 68th minute S K
Utthappa scored the field goal to equalize (2-2).
In the dying moments of the game, Dharamvir
Singh snatched the match winning goal from left flank (3-2).
The second and last exhibition match
will be played on Saturday at 9-00 a.m at Olympian Surjit Hockey Stadium
Jalandhar. Hockey Punjab General Secretary and MLA Jalandhar Cantonment
Padam Shree Pargat Singh will be the chief guest of the match.
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