Chandigarh downs 10-man Sikkim 4-1 in Santosh Trophy

Faridabad, Sep 19 (UNI) With their opponents reduced to a 10-man squad, Chandigarh slammed three second half goals to beat Sikkim 4-1 in a Cluster III match here today.

Both the sides were tied 1-1 at the half time and after K Lendup Lepcha was given the marching orders after picking his second yellow card of the day, Chandigarh grabbed the opportunity with both hands and struck thrice to tame Sikkim.

Chandigarh took an early lead in the match with Sameer Singh finding the net in the 16th minute.

The joy, however, was shortlived as Sikkim equalised through Tenzin Tsephel within seven minutes and despite repeated forays, poor finishing by the forwards saw both the sides going into the breather on honours even, even though Sikkim was reduced to 10-man by then.

In the second session, Chandigarh dominated the play and struck through Bhupender Gosain (55th), Harminder Singh (71st) and Karthik Bhardwaj (78th) to seal the match in theif favour.

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