BHUBANESWAR 17-Mar-2014 264
Hockey Odisha continued to experience mixed luck in 4th Hockey India Senior Men National Championship when they made mince meat of Bhopal 4-0 in their Pool C match at at Major Dhyan Chand Hockey Stadium in Lucknow today.
This was the second win in four matches for Hockey Odisha, who earlier beat Karnataka 3-1. Hockey Odisha lost two matches as well by going down to host Uttar Pradesh 2-5 and Jharkhand 0-3. Led by David Minz, the 18-member Odisha team features four internationals in Innocent Kullu, Suresh Toppo, Bipin Kerketta and Aman Mirash Tirkey.
TEAM HOCKEY ODISHA: Dinesh Minz, G Tejeswar Rao, Innocent Kullu, Pawan Mallick, Deepak Kullu, Suresh Toppo, David Minz, Bipin Kerketta, Dillip Toppo, James Jidan Munda, Dipsan Tirkey, Mathias Minz, Aijub Ekka, Aman Mirash Tirkey, Sunil Toppo, Sumit Toppo, Rajen Kandulna, Joseph Topoo. Coach: K C Choudhury; Manager: Pravakar Pattnaik.
RESULTS:
March 11: Uttar Pradesh (Diwakar Ram 33rd, 54th, 64th; Amir Khan 10th, Ajit Pandey 44th) beat Hockey Odisha (Amon Mirash Tirkey 48th, Joseph Toppo 61st) 5-2.
March 13: Hockey Odisha (Amon Mirash Tirkey 12th, Deepak Kullu 56th, Dispan Tirkey 60th) beat Karnataka (Biddappa BS 24th) 3-1.
March 15: Jharkhand (Prakash Kerketta 48th, Markus Topno 53th, Anup Topno 58th) beat Hockey Odisha 3-0.
March 17: Odisha (Dilip Toppo 17th, Joseph Toppo 44th, Rajin Kandula 52nd, Pawan Malik 68th) beat Bhopal 4-0.
