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Hockey India League: Jaypee Punjab Warriors Lose 1-4 to UP Wizards

Indian Hockey Admin — Thu, 11 Feb 2016 13:01:10 +0000

Uttar Pradesh Wizards climbed to 3^rd position in Hockey India League Season 4 table by defeating Jaypee Punjab Warriors. UP Wizards have collected 23 points so far and become 3^rd in the top teams of HIL 2016 keeping their hopes of playing semifinal alive in Ranchi on 20 February.
In the First quarter Mark Gleghorne from the Jaypee Punjab Warriors made no mistakes in converting the penalty corner giving the visitors an early lead of 1-0 in the match in the 10^th minute. The rest of the quarter saw Uttar Pradesh Wizards trying to equalize but Jaypee Punjab Warriors held on to their lead successfully.

Uttar Pradesh Wizards Smashed Jaypee Punjab Warriors in HIL 2016

In the second quarter UP Wizards geared up in an attacking mode and got a penalty corner conversion through Argentine Gonazlo to equalize the score 1-1 in 19th minute. Within two minutes of 3rd quarter Gonazl Peillat made no mistakes in converting the penalty corner giving the hosts a much needed lead of 2-1 in the game.
After a series of unsuccessful attempts to score Uttar Pradesh Wizards finally scored again in the 43rd minute through a field goal from Agustin Mazilli, taking a comfortable lead of 4-1 in the game which becomes the winning score in favor of Uttar Pradesh Wizards.

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Jaypee Punjab Warriors Lost Their Match Against Uttar Pradesh Wizards by 3-0

Indian Hockey Admin — Fri, 05 Feb 2016 09:52:56 +0000

Sardar Singh in an interview before the match denied the alleged accuses that has raised questions on him in last couple of days and said that his full concentration is on match and he will give his best.
But the Captain Sardar Singh was totally out of form and the team Jaypee Punjab Warriors lost the match against Uttar Pradesh Wizards at their homeland.

Jaypee Punjab Warriors Lost Their Match Against Uttar Pradesh Wizards by 3-0

The team JPW recently won big against Delhi Waveriders with a score of 5-1 and the credits were fully in the court of Captain Sardar Singh who played brilliant midfield in the match couple of days ago.
After Sardar was not in the form the team was dependent on Australian Mark Knowles to deliver the good performance and lead the team to win. But Mark was also not able to do anything with the score.

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The Coal India Hockey India League Announces To Double The Prizes Amount

Indian Hockey Admin — Thu, 14 Jan 2016 12:51:11 +0000

The Coal India Hockey India League (HIL) player of the tournament in the fourth edition will get Rs. 50 lakhs, a jump of Rs.25 lakhs from the last edition, Hockey India announced on Wednesday.
Hockey India also announced that the “Man of the Match” award will be increased from Rs. 25,000 to Rs. 50,000 and will be awarded by the host franchises in each of their home matches. The ‘Goal of the Match’ will see a hike of Rs 25,000 to Rs. 50,000.
Further tournament awards include the “Upcoming Player of the Tournament” award of Rs 20 lakh to the best Under-21 player and the “Maximum Goal Award” also for Rs 20 lakh, a hike of Rs.10 lakhs, to the player who scores the most goals.

Hockey India League 2016 Prizes Doubled

The winning team will take home a whopping Rs. 2.50 crore while the runners-up will walk away with Rs. 1.75 crore. A cash reward of Rs. 75 lakhs will be awarded to the team finishing third in the tournament.
The six franchises battling for supremacy in the richest field hockey league in the world are Jaypee Punjab Warriors, Delhi WaveRiders, Kalinga Lancers, Uttar Pradesh Wizards, Dabang Mumbai and defending champions Ranchi Rays. The tournament will begin on 18^th January.

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