Mumbai: Reigning champions Indian Navy started on a bright positive note as they smoothly sailed to a 2-0 win against Bombay Republicans in a Super Division match of the MHAL League 2019-2020, played at the MHAL Stadium, Churchgate, on Monday.
The Sailors scored twice from field efforts in the final quarter through Mohit Thakur (47th minute) and Sunny Malik (57th minute) to record their win.
Central Railway, who had finished runners-up last season, scored an authoritative 8-2 win against a youthful Sports Authority of India, in another match. For Central the goals came through Mohd Nizamuddin who netted two and one each from Victo Singh, Vishal Pillay, Rajendra Pawar, Narad Bahadur, Vikas Choudhary and Bijendra Singh. Sports Authority of India cut the margin of defeat with Rajbeer Singh and Sandeep Singh scoring a goal each.
Earlier, Mumbai Customs rode on Felix Baa’s twin strikes in the fourth quarter to force an exciting draw with Union Bank of India. Vinod Saini (20th minute) and Bhkar Ningombam (37th minute) were bang on target for Union Bank, but Felix Baa two later efforts (52nd & 59th minutes) helped Customs salvage a draw and share two points with the bankers.
Results: Union Bank of India 3 (Vinod Saini, Bhkar Ningombam) drew with Mumbai Customs 2 (Felix Baa).
Mumbai Port Trust 5 (Aniket Gaurav 2, Ainul Haq, Tanuj S., Nitesh Kamble) beat Income Tax 1 (Anikit C.).
Indian Navy 2 (Mohit Thakur 47, Sunny Malik 57) beat Bombay Republicans 0.
Central Railway 8 (Mohd Nizamuddin 2, Victo Singh, Vishal Pillay, Rajendra Pawar, Narad Bahadur, Vikas Choudhary, Bijendra Singh) beat Sports Authority of India 2 (Rajbeer Singh, Sandeep Singh)
