Jharkhand, Punjab complete senior women hockey semis line-up

Bhopal: Railways, Haryana, Jharkhand and Punjab today qualified for the semi-finals of the ongoing 4th Hockey India Senior Women National Championship (A Division) at Aish Bagh and MDC stadium here.

Haryana will meet Jharkhand in the first semi-final and Punjab takes on Railways in the other last-four match, to be played on Saturday. In a pool B match, Railways routed Bihar 24-0 while Haryana continued to dominate pool A by hammering Chhattisgarh 12-0. This was Haryana`s third consecutive win. In another pool A match, Madhya Pradesh Hockey Academy beat Hockey Odisha by 4-1. Jharkhand had a comfortable 8-1 win over Mumbai Hockey Association Ltd, while Hockey Bhopal edged past Sports Authority of India in a keenly-contested pool C encounter. In pool D, Karnataka came from behind to overwhelm Kerala 5-2. Results of the day: Pool B ? Railways Sports Promotion Board 24 Rani (5, 8, 34, 46 and 62 min), Poonam Rani (25, 35, 53 and 55 min), Vandana Kataria (9, 19 and 51 min), Soundriya Y (13, 15 and 30 min), Joydeep Kaur (43, 64 and 65 min) and Deepika (22 and 58 min), Th. Chanchan (52 and 69 min), Anupa Barla (59 min), Jasjeet Kaur (37 min), Vs. Hockey Bihar 0 Pool A ? Hockey Haryana 13 Navneet Kaur (7, 10, 36 and 56 min), Navjot Kaur (3, 38 and 42), Rajni (37 and 68), Monika (53 min), Supreet (13 min) Bharti (12 min) and Sonika (16 min) Vs. Chhattisgarh Hockey 0 Pool A - Madhya Pradesh Hockey AcademyHockey Academy 4 Ramgaihzuali R (25 and 66 min), Shyama Tidgam (43 min) and Shivani Singh (68 min) Vs Hockey Odisha 1 Nilprojita Majhi (60 min) Pool C - Hockey Jharkhand 8 Binita Xess (13 min), Anima Minz (21 min), Roseline Dungdung (25, 60 min), Poonam Barla (57, 63, 65 and 67) Vs Mumbai Hockey Association 1 Nishi Singh (3 min) Pool C - Bhopal 3 Rashmi Singh (56 min), Ritusha Arya (64 min) and Reena Kataria (66 min) Vs. Sports Authority Of India 1 Sevanti Kushre (61 min). Pool D - Karnataka 5 Muthamma P.G (32 min), Teena K.R (34 min), Kavyashree S.P (40 min), Ranjitha A.K (49 min) and Nandini B.P (51 min) Vs. Kerala 2 Arunima Remanan (27 min) and Maria Susan Jose (65 min).