Jamshedpur Naval Tata Hockey Academy overrun Roundglass Punjab Club 3-1, to vie for championship title against SAIL   

2nd Hockey India Junior Men’s Academy National Championship

Jamshedpur, April 30: Hosts Naval Tata Hockey Academy, Jamshedpur beat Roundglass Punjab Hockey Club Academy 3-1 in the semi final on Saturday to book a place in the final of 2nd Hockey India Junior Men’s Academy National Championship.

The match being played at NTHA ground in Telco (Jamshedpur) saw Lalpreet Singh (5′) gave an early lead to Roundglass Punjab Hockey Club Academy before the home team turned the tables around with goals from Simon Bodra (12′), Deepak Soreng (30′) and Md Danish (51′).

Naval Tata Hockey Academy will clash against SAIL Hockey Academy in the final of the championship to be played on Sunday.  

Earlier, SAIL Hockey Academy edged past Army Boys Sports Company 4-3 in the shootout after both the teams were tied at 2-2 at the end of regulation 60 minutes in a thrilling first semi-final contest.

Captain Kerobin Lakra gave SAIL Hockey Academy the lead in the second minute which was cancelled out by Army Boys Sports Company’s Ankit in the 15th minute.

Nitesh (40′) then restored SAIL’s lead again, only to have Ramaji Prasanth Kumar (54′) level scores for Army Boys to take the match into a shootout.

In the shootout, Anmol Ekka, Kerobin Lakra, Tarun Yadav scored for SAIL Hockey Academy, while Sanchit Horo, Ramaji Prasanth Kumar and Nitish Kumar found the net for Army Boys Sports Company. Manoranjan Minz’s miss turned out to be costly for Army Boys Sports Company in the sudden death as SAIL Hockey academy advanced to the final with a 4-3 shoot-out win.

Player of the Match award was presented to Shivam Singh of Naval Tata Hockey Academy by Rituraj Sinha, Director (Hockey Ace Foundation) and Chief Corporate Administration, Tata Steel.