Indrayani SC, SRPF group I, Knights win

PUNE, Jan 10: Indrayani SC Dehu Road humbled Deccan B' by 2-0, while SRPF Group I downed Canon SC by an identical margin in pool G' mat...

PUNE, Jan 10: Indrayani SC Dehu Road humbled Deccan B’ by 2-0, while SRPF Group I downed Canon SC by an identical margin in pool G’ matches of the second division in the PDFA leagues, played today at the Military ground, Ghorpuri. Jolly Boys Sports Club stepped up play in the second-half after an issueless first session to drub Erin Nagarwala SC 4-0, while Camp XI youngsters put it across Warriors 5-0 in third division encounters.

Indrayani SC and Deccan B’ were locked goalless in the first-half in a rapid paced encounter. After lemon time Kumar Balkrishnan found the net in the 17th minute, tapping the ball in from close range of an incoming pass from the right. Jayant Pillay made it two to nothing eight minutes later, dribbling past keeper Ashwin Gambhir to tap the ball into an open net.

Indrayani SC now have five wins and have conceded just one match and are well placed in their pool for the super leagues. Competing with them for the top spot are the gutsy SRPF team who too have three wins and one drawn encounter. At the Pune University ground, Nitin Gangae chipped in the fifth hat-trick of the league to lead Parshuramians to a convincing 4-0 win against Tigers Combine A’.

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Nitin scored in the 3rd, 9th and 26th minutes of play. Aniruddha I rounded up the tally in the 43rd minute of play.

Thundercatz routed Phoenix XI 7-0, Vipin Nair scoring three goals (no hat-trick). He scored in the 20th, 42nd and 54th minutes of the game. Sutap Nair (2), Zahir Shaikh, and Rohit Bhute were the other goal scorers for Thundercatz.

Christy Roberts nodded home in the 20th minute of the play which eventually turned out to be the match winner for Knights in the third division against Youth Club of NDA B’. It was not just Christy who was responsible for the lone goal for Knights as it was a perfect example of team work scripted by Lalchand Parmar and Crispin Anthony. Lalchand curved the first flag kick of the match and Crispin who was stationed well on top of the box drew the ball homeward, but Christy did well to avert the attention of the rival keeper as the ball brushing off Christy’s head crushed into the nets.

Shakeel, Praveen, Reymond played well for Knights. Vetran M S Rawat excelled for Youth Club NDA.

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Earlier, Sky Hawks and Green Fields Dehu failed to break the dead-lock in the regular playing time to split points.

With this win Knights have maintained a clear slate and are on top of pool C’ with two more matches to go. They take on Rangehills and OFDR in the other encounters this weekend.

Jolly Boys Sports Club, Ghorpuri: 4 (Arvind Swamy, Satish Mandke, Somnath Kale, Shagird Shaikh) b Erin Nagarwala SC: 0; Camp XI: 5 (Paresh Wala 2, Vinod Langote, Tushar Aher, Johnson Aruldas) b Warriors: 0; SRPF Gr I: 2 (S T Naidu 2) b Canon SC: 0; Indrayani SC Dehu Rd: 2 (Kumar Balkrishnan, Jayant Pillay) b Deccan B’:0.

Thundercatz B’ 7 (Vipin Nair 20th, 42nd, 54th; Sutap Nair 5th, 49th; Zahir Shaikh 17th; Rohit Bhute 24th) bt Phoenix XI 0.

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Parshuramians 4 (Nitin Gangane 3rd, 9th, 26th; Aniruddha I 43rd) Tiger Combine A’ 0.

Tomorrow’s fixtures: (At Ghorpuri Military ground): Wanowrie B’ vs Telecom Colony; CAFVD vs Jolly Boys, Ghorpuri; SRPF Gr I vs Jolly Rangehills; SKF vs KP XI. (At Pune University ground): Tigers Combine vs Sky Hawks; PDSF vs R & DE Youth; UPSA vs Victory XI; Deccan B’ vs Khadki Blues.