NEW DELHI: Jaideep Singh's hat-trick handed hosts Delhi their first win in Group 1 of the Hero Santosh Trophy 76th National Senior Men's Football Championship. Karnataka and Gujarat too won their matches in this cluster on Sunday.
Delhi's attitude, which played a goalless draw with Tripura in their first match, looked sharp on Sunday. In a one-sided contest played at the Dr. Ambedkar Stadium, Delhi thrashed new-entrant Ladakh 7-0.
In the day's other matches played at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Karnataka defeated Uttarakhand by 3-1 after a hard-fought fight, while Gujarat thrashed Tripura 6-0.
Striker Jaideep Singh, who was the hero of Delhi's victory, scored four goals. Raviraj (18th minute), Ajay Rawat (35th and 90+4 minutes) and Gaurav Chadha (40th minute) were the other scorers for Delhi. The winning team was leading 3-0 at half-time.
Compared to their last match, Delhi's game looked completely different on Sunday. Notably, the frontline players led the hosts to victory by a huge margin despite missing nearly half a dozen chances.
Jaideep, who was the player of the match, scored his three goals in the 47th, 88th and 90+1 minutes. Both the goals of veteran striker Ajay Singh Rawat (35th and 90+4th minutes) were also praiseworthy.
Earlier, Karnataka defeated Uttarakhand 3-1 after a tough fight in the first match of the day played at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium.In the third match of the day, Gujarat trounced Tripura 6-0 with Jay Kanani scoring four goals including a hat-trick in the 20th, 67th, 90+2nd and 90+5th minutes. Captain Moinuddin and Dharmesh Parmar were the other scorers for them. IANS
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