Central Excise passes ICF 2-1 | Hockey News

CHENNAI: Central excise duties are on the rise. After defeating the Southern Railway 7-1 in the previous meeting, they maintained their victory by defeating Integral Coach Factory 2-1 in the Shriram City Super Six CHA Hockey League championship at Radhakrishnan Stadium on Thursday.

The ICF, one of the contenders for the title, defeated the Indian Bank 4-1 in its last match, but did not live up to expectations and was completely overwhelmed by taxpayers. second period. Although they took the lead in the 23rd via a goal from Suraj Minz, the Railmen failed to increase the score. For his part, Central Excise, who seemed a little disorganized after conceding his head, quickly amended to take the match.

Central Excise focused mainly on the left flank to generate attacks. Groups like Basha, Laxman Karan, T Joshua and S Surjith invaded the opponents many times, but their success was lost. Striker M Hbadan Basha, who scored four goals against Southern Railway on Monday, continued on his superb run and tied the score in the 31st minute with an inverted film.

Although there were not many opportunities in the first half, Central Excise created up to seven authentic opportunities to score but did not failed to convert six. They continued to pressure ICF and dominated the entire second period. The winner came in the 55th minute when an opportunist Laxman, taking advantage of a scrum at the goalmouth, sent him in front of ICF goalkeeper, R Arvindan, to seal the goal. ;agreement.

Results: Central Excise 2 (Hbadan Basha M 31, B Laxman Karan 55) defeated the Integral Coach Factory 1 (Suraj Minz 23)