<p>It was Dharmaraja’s maiden win after four successive defeats while BEL, who suffered their second defeat, now have two points from four ties.<br /><br />Sanju pounced on a Deepak Kumar cross from the right wing to slot home the winner for Dharmaraja in the 17th minute. Soon after, Selva had a chance to put them 2-0 up but the striker’s volley was saved by BEL goalkeeper Vasudevan, diving to his right to keep his team in the hunt.</p>.<p>The BEL forwards hardly threatened the rival goal and failed to find a way through the strong Dharmaraja defence. But in the 24th minute, Arvind W got one through with a defence-splitting pass to Dilip V, who shot straight at Dharmaraja custodian Hari Haran. The deflection fell in the path of Vikram S lurking inside the penalty area, but his powerful right-footer was headed off the goalline by Dilip.<br /><br />Then, in the 38th minute, the BEL goal survived another scare when Sanju’s left-footer from the left hit the woodwork.<br /><br />In the second half, Selva missed a couple of golden opportunities which would have given Dharmaraja some breathing space. The striker failed to trap the ball cleanly on both occasions with Vasudevan at his mercy.<br /><br />BEL, on the other hand, were done in by the lack of firepower in their attacks and wayward passing.<br /><br />Meanwhile, the organisers said the decision on the rain-hit Saturday’s MEG-CIL match has been put off to Wednesday. MEG were leading 3-0 when the match was called off due to waterlogging on the newly-laid turf, eight minutes into the second half. <br /><br />Other result: ‘A’ Division: DYSH: 3 (Sunil Kumar 43rd, 47th, Harish 71st) bt LRDE: 0.</p>
<p>It was Dharmaraja’s maiden win after four successive defeats while BEL, who suffered their second defeat, now have two points from four ties.<br /><br />Sanju pounced on a Deepak Kumar cross from the right wing to slot home the winner for Dharmaraja in the 17th minute. Soon after, Selva had a chance to put them 2-0 up but the striker’s volley was saved by BEL goalkeeper Vasudevan, diving to his right to keep his team in the hunt.</p>.<p>The BEL forwards hardly threatened the rival goal and failed to find a way through the strong Dharmaraja defence. But in the 24th minute, Arvind W got one through with a defence-splitting pass to Dilip V, who shot straight at Dharmaraja custodian Hari Haran. The deflection fell in the path of Vikram S lurking inside the penalty area, but his powerful right-footer was headed off the goalline by Dilip.<br /><br />Then, in the 38th minute, the BEL goal survived another scare when Sanju’s left-footer from the left hit the woodwork.<br /><br />In the second half, Selva missed a couple of golden opportunities which would have given Dharmaraja some breathing space. The striker failed to trap the ball cleanly on both occasions with Vasudevan at his mercy.<br /><br />BEL, on the other hand, were done in by the lack of firepower in their attacks and wayward passing.<br /><br />Meanwhile, the organisers said the decision on the rain-hit Saturday’s MEG-CIL match has been put off to Wednesday. MEG were leading 3-0 when the match was called off due to waterlogging on the newly-laid turf, eight minutes into the second half. <br /><br />Other result: ‘A’ Division: DYSH: 3 (Sunil Kumar 43rd, 47th, Harish 71st) bt LRDE: 0.</p>
