HIL 2016: Punjab Warriors end Kalinga Lancer’s winning streak
Spectators at the Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar today witnessed an exciting encounter where the Punjab Warriors ended Kalinga Lancers winning run, by defeating them 4-1.The visitors emerged victorious through strikes from Simon Orchard and Satbir Singh respectively to end home team's four-match winning streak.
The first quarter of the match started with attacking intent straightaway from the home team but Jaypee Punjab Warriors showed good defensive skills to keep the hosts at bay as both the teams looked dangerous on the
The third quarter saw both the teams pushing hard for a goal. The away team looked dangerous in the initial minutes, but the home team were equally dangerous on the counter attack. Kalinga Lancers finally managed to break the defensive deadlock of the Jaypee Punjab Warriors in the 42nd minute, when star striker Glenn Turner made no mistakes in converting a penalty corner, giving the home team a much needed 1-0 lead in the game. The third quarter ended with the scoreboard reading 1-0 in favour of the home team. The final quarter started with Kalinga Lancers trying hard to capitalise on their lead in the early moments of the quarter but an excellent interception by Sardar Singh foiled the home team’s ambitions and the visitors scored a field goal through Simon Orchard in the 48th minute giving a 2-1 lead to Jaypee Punjab Warriors. The Lancers pressed really hard after this but the Punjab defence was way too strong for them to break. In the
The Coal India Goal of the Match award of INR 50,000 was presented by Shri Anil Kumar Jha, CMD MCL to Simon Orchard from Jaypee Punjab Warriors while
The next match of the 4th Coal India Hockey India League will be played between Kalinga Lancers and the defending Champions Ranchi Rays at Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar on 8th February 2016. The
Report Courtesy: HIL Media
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