Sanjay steers Odisha to first win

 Sanjay Xalxo scored four goals to power Odisha to their first victory of the tournament as they drubbed Bihar 7-1 in the 5th Hockey India Junior National Championship (Division B) here on Frida

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Though Bihar took the lead through Sukhram Mundu (8th), Rasananda Khalkho, struck the equaliser for Odisha in the 10th minute.  Sanjay then hammered four goals (17th, 34th, 53rd, 60th) to take the game away from Bihar.

Results: Pool A: Vidarbha: 4 (Aamid Khan 13th, Shadab Khan 33rd, Rahul Kalakoti 43rd, Piyush Gour 58th vs Goans: 1 (Pandurangshakhalkar 68th).  Pool B: Dadra & Nagar Haveli: 11 (Sanjay Yadav 12th, 29th, 44th, 57th, Gurbinder Singh 14th, 52nd, 59nd, 62nd, 69th, Rahul Singh 56th, Nilesh Goud 63rd) vs Tripura: 1 (Mohd Taric 21st). Pool C: Andhra Pradesh: 3 (Anand Sunkara 11th, Kamal Rajaprabhakar 19th, Lokesh Kona 32nd) vs Kerala: 1 (Rahul R 50th); Jammu and Kashmir: 7 (Karanjit Singh 16th, 26th, Harsh Vaid 34th, Ishtiaq Hussain 38th, 44th, 63rd, Ramandeep Singh 43rd) vs Madhya Pradesh: 2 (Ashrafulla Khan 9th, Vikas Kumar 68th).  Pool D: Odisha: 7 (Rasananda Khalkho 10th, 32nd, Sanjay Xalxo 17th, 34th, 53rd, 60th, Pratap Lakra 29th) vs Bihar: 1 (Sukhram Mundu 8th). Assam: 6 (Harvir Singh 6th, 10th, 37th, Sontosh Gour 17th, Pankaj Basumatari 46th, Arjun Bhagat 61st) vs Rajasthan: 4 (Shoyab Alam 18th, Kripal Singh 20th and 27th, Naresh Yogi 25th).