Tikaram Thakulla was the hero for Our Lady Of Dolours High School (Marine Lines) yesterday. The 15-year-old defender scored two goals to help his school, representing Mumbai city, register a shock 2-0 win over St Andrew's Junior College (Bandra), representing Mumbai suburbs, to clinch the Mumbai Division of the U-17 Nehru Cup hockey tournament at the MHA-Mahindra Stadium, Churchgate yesterday.


Our Lady of Dolours (Marine Lines) boys with coach Marzban Patel after winning DSO's U-17 Nehru Cup Mumbai Division final at MHA-Mahindra Stadium yesterday. Pic/Suresh KK 

Less than 48 hours ago, St Andrew's had beaten MMK Jr College (Bandra) 2-0 to qualify for the District Sports Office (DSO) U-17 Mumbai Division final, but little did they know that they would be beaten by a much younger school outfit in the summit clash. After a goalless first half, Tikaram opened the scoring for Dolours in the 27th minute off a penalty corner. The Class X student scored his second goal two minutes later off a tap-in from close range.