Sunday, January 26, 2014

Uttar Pradesh Wizards upset reigning champions Ranchi Rhinos 3-2

Uttar Pradesh Wizards authored the first upset of the 2014 Hero Hockey India League, as they upset reigning champions Ranchi Rhinos 3-2 at the Astroturf Hockey Stadium in Ranchi.

The match kick-started at a blistering pace with the Rhinos, egged on by a vociferous home crowd, seized the early initiative with Mandeep Singh rattling the Wizards’ cage in the 5th minute.

Uttar Pradesh Wizards were pushed on the backfoot by Ranchi Rhinos’ early goal, but refused to get overawed by the early goal and kept mounting raids from the flanks to keep the Reds’ defence on high alert.

The persistence of Wizards paid off when Nikin Thimmaiah restored parity, tapping home a shrewd pass from Dutchman Sander Baart as both teams went into half-time locked 1-1.

There was little doubt that the Rhinos had held sway over the proceedings, but they needed to translate that dominance into goals. South African Justin Reid-Ross converted their second penalty corner to make the scoreline 2-1 in the third quarter.

The Wizards took the goal in their stride and evened things up for the second time when Vokkaliga Raghunath made the most of their second short corner leaving the final quarter intriguingly poised with the scoreline reading 2-2.

Uttar Pradesh called the shots in the fourth quarter and their sallies bore fruit when Indian Junior World Cupper Pradeep Mor scored a sensational field goal from the right.

Ranchi Rhinos summoned desperate measures in a bid to make things on an even kneel, but the Wizards thwarted all their attempts to pull off the first upset of the tournament.



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