Hockey India Senior Nationals day 1: Chandigarh, Chhattisgarh register wins

On the first day of the 15th Hockey India Senior Men National Championship 2025, Rajasthan, Arunachal, Chhattisgarh, Himachal, Chandigarh, and Goa couldn’t have asked for a better start as they started their campaign after securing wins in their respective matches in Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh.

In the first match of the day, Hockey Raj. defeated Tripura Hockey 9-1 in Division ‘C’. Vishal Kumar (51’, 57’, 60, 60+’) stood out as the 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 Hockey. On the other hand, Sourabh Boora (30+) scored the consolation goal for Hockey Tripura.

In the next match, Hockey Arunachal defeated Hockey 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 from Hockey Gujarat.

Hockey Himachal defeated the Hockey Association of Bihar 6-2 in Division ‘C. ’ Harsh (19’, 27’, 47’) scored a hat-trick for Hockey 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 the Hockey Association of Bihar.

In the fifth match of the day, Hockey Chandigarh won 13-1 against Hockey Andhra Pradesh in Division B. Gurmukh Singh (8’, 9’, 17’, 33’, 40’) scored a five 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 Hockey Andhra Pradesh.

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

In pool B of Division "B", Delhi and Assam registered good wins against Kerala and Mizoram, respectively.