Rourkela, 07 July (Hindustan). Madhya Pradesh has won the 13th Hockey India Junior Women National Championship 2023 by defeating Hockey Jharkhand 1-0 in the title match. And in the bronze medal match, Haryana defeated Chhattisgarh 12-2.
In the final match played on Friday night, both the teams displayed immense courage and determination to win the title, but Hockey Madhya Pradesh managed to defeat Hockey Jharkhand 1-0 in a closely contested match. Gurmail Kaur (22”) scored the lone goal for Hockey Madhya Pradesh.
Apart from this, Hockey Haryana defeated Chhattisgarh Hockey 12-2 in the match for the third/fourth position. Sukhpreet Kaur (3”, 9”, 12”, 51”) scored four goals for Haryana in the match, while K.ka Siwach (8”, 22”, 34”) also scored a hat-trick while Savi (16”, 23) ”) scored two goals. Bhateri (6”), M.sha (15”+) and Sejal (41”) scored one goal each. On the other hand, Geeta Yadav (10”, 46”) scored both the goals for Chhattisgarh Hockey.