PANAJI
Goans Hockey suffered a 5-1 defeat against Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu Hockey in their Pool B opening match at the 16th Hockey India Senior Men National Championship 2026 – Division B in Jhansi.
Nagendra Kumar opened the scoring in the fifth minute with a field goal before CB Kushal Bopaiah converted a penalty corner in the 11th minute to give Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu a 2-0 lead.
Goans Hockey reduced the deficit in the 26th minute when LS Hari Rama converted a penalty stroke. However, Yadav Sunil converted a penalty stroke in the 31st minute to restore the two-goal advantage.
Nagendra Kumar scored his second field goal of the match in the 36th minute to make it 4-1, before Idris Mohd converted a penalty corner in the 48th minute to complete the scoring.
Goans Hockey were unable to mount a comeback after conceding the fourth goal and will look to regroup ahead of their remaining Pool B fixtures.
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SCORESJammu and Kashmir 294/9 in 50 overs (Arjun Sharma 56, Shiva Thakur 49, Manitavya Sharma 43, Ashutosh Mahajan 40, Shaurya Chouhan 38; Afridsab Rajkannawar 2/60, Shamik Kamat 2/62, Chigurupati Venkata 1/49, Mihir Kudalkar 1/41, Swapnesh Naik 1/18, Aditya Kota 1/31) beat Goa 225 all out in 45.2 overs (Afridsab Rajkannawar 82 not out, Aradhya Goyal 50, Vinit Kamat 25, Chigurupati Venkata 23; Ketan Singh 4/41, Manitavya Singh 2/42, Irfan Ashraf 1/43, Sagar Sangotra 1/37,…
