Services Sports Control Board (SSCB), Hockey Jharkhand and Hockey Odisha won their respective league round matches in contrasting styles today at the 3rd Hockey India Senior Men National Championship.
In a group E match, SSCB notched up their third win in three matches, outplaying Sports Authority of India 6-1.
Hockey Jharkhand scored a resounding 12-2 win over Bengal Hockey Association with Divakar Ram scoring a hat trick, while Hockey Odisha edged out Comptroller & Auditor General 3-2 in a close encounter.
Jharkhand and Odisha will take on each other tomorrow for a place in the last eight.
In Group A, Association of Indian universities received a walkover against Hockey Arunachal.
Tomorrows Fixture:
Pimpri Chinchwad Ground: Group A - Hockey Punjab V/S Hockey Delhi 7.00AM; Group C - Hockey Karnataka V/S Hockey Bihar 8.30AM; Group E - Hockey Himachal Pradesh V/S Comptroller & Auditor General 2.30PM and Hockey Jharkhand V/S Hockey Odisha 4.00PM.
Balewadi Ground: Group G - Hockey Uttarakhand V/S Hockey Kerala 2.30PM and Hockey Manipur V/S Hockey Andhra Pradesh 4.00PM.
