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Table-topper Vedanta Kalinga Lancers edged Accord Tamil Nadu Dragons via punishment shootout to stay unbeaten and registry its sixth successive triumph of the Hockey India League astatine the Kalinga Stadium present connected Sunday.
Following a 1-1 deadlock aft the regularisation period, Lancers bushed Dragons 4-1 successful the shootout for their 2nd triumph done a tie-breaker.
The Tamil Nadu-based squad suffered its 3rd nonaccomplishment connected the trot.
The determined Dragons seized the momentum successful the 19th minute. Following their ill-trapped archetypal punishment corner, Blake Govers bushed Krishan Pathak connected the near disconnected a punishment stroke.
Five minutes later, Dilpreet Singh deflected successful Liam Henderson’s transverse from the left. But Dragons relied connected a video referral to get it cancelled.
Dragons maintained the unit with their organised and speedy moves earlier Lancers got 3 consecutive abbreviated corners and Alex Hendrickx drew parity with a accelerated 1 successful the penultimate quarter.
In the shootout, Cooper Burns, Angad Bir Singh, Antoine Kina, and Arthur van Doren scored for the host, portion Uttam Singh was the lone scorer for Dragons. Custodian Jed Snowden, replacing a superb Pathak successful the tie-breaker, made a superb save.
Defending champion Shrachi Bengal Tigers erased a two-goal shortage to bushed bottom-placed SG Pipers 3-2 successful their past circular robin engagement to station its 3rd triumph and decorativeness connected a high.
Bengal Tigers erased a two-goal shortage to bushed SG Pipers 3-2. | Photo Credit: BISWARANJAN ROUT
Pipers struck aboriginal erstwhile Aditya Lalage passed it to Dilraj Singh and the second tapped it in.
Pipers, who saw 3 of their goals being disallowed owed to antithetic reasons, doubled their pb with Tomas Domene’s punishment country conversion.
The relentless Tigers earned six abbreviated corners and Jugraj Singh recovered the people with a debased flick to trim the borderline earlier the last break.
Abhishek Nain utilised an aerial shot to equalise. Affan Yousuf’s victor frustrated Pipers successful a contention that was interrupted by heated exchanges.
The results: Shrachi Bengal Tigers 3 (Jugraj Singh 45-pc, Abhishek Nain 45, Affan Yousuf 48) bt SG Pipers 2 (Dilraj Singh 5, Tomas Domene 31-pc);
Vedanta Kalinga Lancers 1 (Alex Hendrickx 44-pc) drew with Accord Tamil Nadu Dragons 1 (Blake Govers 19-ps); Lancers won 4-1 via shootout.
