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CHENNAI: When it comes to set-plays and sheer gait successful transition, Tamil Nadu Dragons is 2nd to none. The mode the squad marshals itself connected the transportation is simply a show to behold. JSW Soorma, connected the different hand, has been reasonably mean truthful acold successful this variation of the Men’s Hockey India League.
On Tuesday, astatine the SDAT–Mayor Radhakrishnan Stadium, the Dragons snuffed retired a beardown second-half situation from the visitant to registry a 3–2 victory, and seal its 2nd successive win.
The archetypal fractional belonged to the Dragons. After a goalless opening quarter, the big chopped escaped successful the second.
A superb interchange betwixt Blake Govers and Chandan Yadav saw the second find Selvaraj, who was perfectly placed to deflect the shot home.
Just 2 minutes later, Dragons doubled their vantage done guardant Uttam Singh, who slid successful to propulsion the shot into the net.
The extremity resulted aft Selvaraj was blocked by Soorma defender Jeremy Hayward and Uttam dived successful beforehand to pounce connected the escaped ball. He made nary mistake arsenic Dragons went into the half-time 2-0 ahead.
Marked difference
Soorma returned aft the interruption arsenic a antithetic broadside and made repeated inroads into the Dragons’ circle.
A agelong shot by day lad Harmanpreet Singh resulted successful Dragons defender Sander de Wijn fumbling wrong the circle. Maninder Singh made the astir of the mistake and unleashed a almighty forehander that crashed into the board.
The Dragons, however, struck again. Govers positioned himself perfectly connected the close to power a walk from Tom Craig and fired it past Vincent Vanasch to reconstruct control.
Harmanpreet strikes
Soorma continued to property guardant and earned six of its 7 punishment corners successful the last quarter. Soorma reduced the shortage done a drag-flick by Harmanpreet with 2 minutes to go. But the Dragons’ defence held steadfast to spot the lucifer done and condemn Soorma to its 2nd successive defeat.
The result: Tamil Nadu Dragons 3 (Selvaraj 28, Uttam 30, Grovers 47) bt JSW Soorma 2 (Maninder 45, Harmanpreet 58-pc).
