National football championship

by Prashant Kapadia/NHN

Samrudhi hat-trick in Maharashtra big win

Mumbai, November 27: Maharashtra (WIFA) powered by the brilliance of striker Samrudhi Katkole wnet on to record a convincing 6-0 victory against Himachal Pradesh in a Group-F league of the 28th Senior Women’s National Football Championship 2022-23 and played at the SAI ground, Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh. The girls from western India enjoyed a slender 1-0 lead at the break.

Attacking midfielder Aishwarya opened the scoring for Maharashtra in the 34^th minute. On resulption Aishwarya was once again on target scoring the second goal in the 46^th minute.

Later, Samrudhi scored three goals in succession to put Maharashtra in a dominating position. She scored her first goal in the 55^th minute to give her team a 3-0 lead. She then added two more goals in the 60^th and 68^th minute to knock the fight out of the Himachal Pradesh women.

Substitute defender Pranati struck the final goal in the 79^th minute to complete Maharashtra resounding margin of victory.

Results – Group-F: Maharashtra 6 (Samrudhi Katkole 3, Aishwarya Jagtap 2, Pranati Nimkar) beat Himachal Pradesh 0.