Bhubaneswar: The 68th All India Police Hockey Championship- 2019 witnessed four matches on the fifth day of the tournament at Kalinga Stadium, here on Friday.
CISF Delhi, J & K Police and Maharastra Police won the matches while ITBP Jalandhar and Tamil Nadu Police ended up in a tie.
In the first match CISF, Delhi defeated Sashastra Seema Bal by a comfortable margin of 5-3 goals. Atif Ateeq headed the CISF team while Naveen Kumar was the captain of SSB.
The second match of the day was played between Jammu & Kashmir Police and Madhya Pradesh Police. It was a keenly contested match and both the teams played spectacular hockey. In the end J&K Police won the match by a slender margin of 1-0 goal. Sunil Kalsotra was the captain of J&K teams and Rias Ahmad was the captain of Madhaya Pradesh Police.
The third match of the day was played between ITBP Jalandhar and Tamil Nadu Police. It was very tough match and players of both the teams displayed extra ordinary feats. At last the match ended up undecided in 3-3 goals. M.C Meetie was the captain of ITBP and Raman was the captain of Tamil Nadu Police.
The fourth and last match of the day was played between Maharastra state Police and Rajasthan Police. It was an one sided match and players of Maharastra team dominated the game from beginning to the end. At last the match went in favour of Maharastra Police and ended in 9-1 goals.
Tomorrow is the 6th day of All India Police Hockey Championship and five important matches have been scheduled to be played. Host Odisha Police will play against Tripura Police.
