It  rained goals in the boys hockey competition of the Khelo India School  as 37 goals were scored in four matches  with Odisha showering in 14 while conceding 3 against Rajasthan at the Dhyan Chand National Stadium,New delhi on Thursday.

Chandigarh  drubbed Delhi 8-0   to complete the day’s proceedings.

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Earlier i the first Pool A match Punjab  downed Haryana 4-2  while  In pool B Uttar Pradesh  accounted for Karnataka 5-1

Odisha team, comprising mostly  talented players from Rourkela’s Panposh hostel,  displayed awesome fire power  to decimate Rajasthan and in the process  made themselves a strong contender for the title.

Playing in the second Pool A match, Odisha chalked up 5-1 lead at the half time and then pumped in nine more in the second session to take their tally to 14. Rajasthan pulled back two more in this session to reduce the gap.

The match turned out to be no contest  with Odisha boys scoring at will. SuShushil Dhanwar , Sudip Chirmako  scored  three goals each , Amandeep Lakra contribute two while  Bikash Kujur, Laban Lugun, George Tirkey, Samir Ekka  Matiyas Dang, Birsa Xalxo  chipped in one  goal each.

In the morning, Punjab looked a dominating side against Haryana as they took a solid 3-0 lead  in the first session.

The winners surged ahead in the 5^th minute through Prateek Sharma who scored off a penalty corner. Angadbir made it 2-0   and then Prateek scored his second and team’s 3^rd goal just before interval.

Haryana came back strongly in the next half and scored two goals through   Abhimanyu  and Pankaj  to narrow the lead,  But three minutes before the end Sudarshan scored the fourth goal  to seal the match.

Karnataka  started  strongly  against Uttar Pradesh with R.Kariappa Althanda  giving them the lead in the 6^th minute.  The lead lasted barely six minutes as Uttar Pradesh   hit back  with ferocity. Ali Akhtar  drew the parity and Amit Yadav made  2-1

In the second half, Saurabh Khushwaha (2) and Arun Sahani (1) scored to  enable their team earn full points.

Chandigarh thrashed Delhi 8-0.  For the winners who led 2-0 at  the break the goal scorers were Amandeep (3) Hashim , Sukhman , Arashdeep,Harpreet and Harpant Preet (one each ).