HIL 2016: Dabang Mumbai beat Uttar Pradesh 6-3 to keep semis hopes alive

17 February,2016 08:23 AM IST |   |  PTI

Dishing out a superlative display, Dabang Mumbai swamped Uttar Pradesh Wizards 6-3 in their concluding round-robin game of the Hockey India League to keep their hopes of entering the semifinals alive, here yesterday

Dabang Mumbai players celebrate their win over UP Wizards at the MHAL Stadium in Churchgate yesterday


Dishing out a superlative display, Dabang Mumbai swamped Uttar Pradesh Wizards 6-3 in their concluding round-robin game of the Hockey India League to keep their hopes of entering the semifinals alive, here yesterday.


Dabang Mumbai players celebrate their win over UP Wizards at the MHAL Stadium in Churchgate yesterday. Pic/Pradeep Dhivar

Mumbai scored three excellent field goals, which count as a double strike as per the rules of the tournament, through Gurjant Singh (14th minute), Florian Fuchs (42nd) and Yosuf Affan (59th).

For UP Wizards, who were knocked out of semifinal contention, VR Raghunath (19th penalty corner) and Chinglensana Singh (30th field goal), were the goal-getters.

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