Orissa Stealers scrapes through

Chennai, Jan 16 (UNI) In a scrappy encounter, Orissa Stealers scored a solitary goal win against Hyderabad Sultans in the BSNL Premier Hockey League (PHL) here today.

International Dilip Tirky converted a penalty corner in the 69th minute to account for the only goal in the match. The match, in which both the teams came up with a poor display and failed to create chances, was also marred by rough play. Both the teams forced two penalty corners each. The Hyderabad team failed to convert both.

Orissa stealers, however, had the consolation of chalking up their third win in the first phase.

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