Railways, IA, Delhi, Chandigarh enter Super League

Amritsar/Jalandhar, Oct 26 (UNI) Delhi and Chandigarh today joined title favourites Railways and Indian Airlines, reaching the Super League stage of the Dainik Bhaskar-Tracer 62nd Senior National Hockey Championship.

While Delhi thrashed Jharkhand 9-1 and Indian Airlines over shadowed Uttar Pradesh 7-1 at Bhaini Sahib in Jalandhar, the day was good for the Chandigarh team who beat Patiala 3-0 and the strong Railways men beat Orissa 2-0 in Amritsar.

The Railways scored both the goals through penalty corners as they had got four short corners in all. They led 1-0 at half time. The Orissa men were blank even though they had got six penalty corners.

Chandigarh beat Patiala 3-0 as they converted two penalty corners in 16th and 49th minute, to be followed by a field goal by Ravipal in the 52nd minute. The two other scorers, who converted the shortcorners, were Sukhbir Singh and Navdeep Singh.

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