A whopping 30 goals were scored on the opening day of the IHF West Zone Senior National Championship in the two matches played at the Mumbai Hockey Association (MHA) stadium in Churchgate yesterday.
Defending champions Mumbai thrashed Goa 18-1, while Maharashtra beat Gujarat 11-0 in Pool-B round-robin league matches. Mumbai coach Ramesh Pillay said: “Most of the Mumbai team boys — Tyron Pereira (captain), Amit Gowda, Sudhir Dixit, Devinder Walmiki, Sashi Topno, Victo Singh have played for various teams in the World Series Hockey so the 18-1 result is expected.u00a0
Mumbai’s Jayesh Jadhav (centre) scores past Goa goalkeeperu00a0Naveen Mendes (right) at MHA stadium yesterday. Pic/ Suresh KK
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Our team is more mature compared to others and they should qualify for the All India nationals,” said Pillay.u00a0The last time MHA hosted the west zone nationals was in 2006-07. u00a0
Results:
>>u00a0Mumbai 18-1 Goa uMaharashtra 11-0 Gujarat
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