The state most related to the expansion of Indian hockey – Odisha – lastly received the Hockey India Senior Males Nationwide Championship title. India worldwide Shilanand Lakra slammed a hat-trick at hand Odisha the senior males’s Nationwide Hockey Championship, beating Haryana 5-1 within the remaining in Chennai on Saturday. Shilanand (forty eighth, 57th, sixtieth minutes) scored three objectives in a span of 12 minutes, whereas Rajat Akash Tirkey (eleventh) seized an early alternative to offer Odisha the lead, scoring from shut vary. Pratap Lakra (thirty ninth) then doubled the lead within the third quarter, changing a penalty stroke. Within the fourth quarter, Shilanand rose to the event for Odisha. Haryana’s lone purpose was scored by Joginder Singh (fifty fifth).
One of many stalwarts to have emerged from Odisha, former India captain and present Hockey India president posted a congratulatory message on X: “The lengthy wait is over. Historical past is made by our Odisha males’s hockey staff.”
Naveen Patnaik, former Chief Minister of Odisha who has been concerned with the game for a very long time, shared his appreciation on X. He posted, “Congratulate Odisha Hockey Workforce on lifting the maiden nationwide title on the 14th Hockey India Senior Males Nationwide Championship in Chennai. Might the staff proceed its excellent efficiency and win laurels for the state. Finest needs.” Present CM Mohan Charan Majhi additionally shared, “Large congratulations to the Odisha Hockey staff on clinching their historic first-ever gold medal,” including that it marked a serious milestone for the state.
Within the battle for third place, Uttar Pradesh Hockey defeated Manipur Hockey, 2-1. Uttar Pradesh Hockey’s Captain, Lalit Kumar Upadhyay (6’) broke the impasse within the first quarter. A exact lengthy ball from Rajkumar Pal discovered Iktidar Ishrat who squared it to Lalit for a fast tap-in. Deep within the third quarter, Moirangthem Rabichandra Singh (43′) discovered the equaliser for Manipur Hockey on account of a Penalty Nook. Within the remaining quarter, Uttar Pradesh Hockey reclaimed the lead when Rajkumar Pal (54’) burst by the fitting flank with silky stickwork and located the again of the online to safe the victory.
