Bhubaneswar: Odisha Police started its journey in the 68th All India Police Hockey Championship by scoring a impressive victory over Telengana Policy in a match at Kalinga Stadium, here on Thursday.

Under the captainship of Anil Kulu, the host team defeated the Telengana Policy by 9-1 goals. Telengana team was led by Sandip Gaur.

Five matches were play on the fourth day of the Championship on Thursday.

In morning, the Punjab Police defeated the Haryana Police by 6-0. The Punjab team dominated the entire game.

The Border Security Force of Jalandhar made a clean sweep against Railway Protection Force(RPF) by scoring 14-0 goals

In a keenly contested match between the CRPF Delhi and West Bengal Police, the former lodged the victory by 4-2 goals.

In the fifth match played today, the Uttar Pradesh Police defeated the Uttarakhand Police by 2-0 goals.

Four matches will be played on Friday where in the CISF Delhi will meet the BSF in the first match at 9am.