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MUMBAI: Punjab Warriors stopped Dabang Mumbai’s resurgent run by inflicting a 5-1 defeat on the home team and climbed to the top of the table in the Hockey India League here today.

Punjab tame Mumbai in their den

Action from the HIL match between Punjab Warriors and Dabang Mumbai in Mumbai on Friday. PTI



Mumbai, February 12

Punjab Warriors stopped Dabang Mumbai’s resurgent run by inflicting a 5-1 defeat on the home team and climbed to the top of the table in the Hockey India League here today.

Punjab were 3-0 up after the first two quarters through penalty corner conversions. Varun Kumar (2nd minute), Mark Gleghorne (13th) and Christopher Ciriello (25th) were the scorers.

Later, Nithin Thimmiah hammered in a field goal in the 40th minute to virtually settle the issue as it opened up the lead to 5-0. A consolation goal came Mumbai’s way through a penalty corner when Jeremy Hayward found the mark.

Punjab, who went into the game after losing the last match to Uttar Pradesh Wizards, put up a dominating show right through the 60-minute match. They never let Mumbai, who had reignited their campaign with three successive wins after having suffered four straight losses earlier, settle down.

The lack of penalty-corner variations cost Mumbai in the very first minute of the game when they earned the set-piece but captain Matthew Swann did not stop the ball properly.

Punjab, on the other hand, converted their first two penalty corners to take a stranglehold on the game. — PTI

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