Central Secretariat score impressive win over Navy

Central Secretariat, Delhi produced an impressive performance and scored an authoritative 5-1 victory against a jaded Indian Navy in a Group-B league match of the 14th PMC Bank-All India Guru Tegh Bahadur Gold Cup hockey tournament on Wednesday.

Leading Central Secretariat charge was ace sharpshooter Ikhidar Ishrat who opened and closed the scoring (17th and 68th minutes).

In between, Muthanna Boverianda (35th minute), Pankaj Singh (45th minute) and Felix Baa (58th minute) chipped in with one goal each to complete the victory.

The Navy who played second fiddle managed to pull one back through Pawan Rajbhar's goal in the (24th minute).

This was Central Secretariat's second straight win while Indian Navy sunk to their first defeat in three games.

Results Group-B: South Central Railway, Secundrabad 5 (Lovepreet Singh 35th, Innocent Kullu 44th, 53rd, Sandeep Kumar Singh 51st, Mayank James 64th) beat Hockey Bhopal 3 (Vikas Choudhry 29th, 34th, Taj Khan 58th).

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