Chhindwara girls bounce back in style

Action from the Subroto Cup U-17 girls league match between Chanambam Thambou Higher Secondary School from Manipur and Ranchi’s YUWA India. The Manipur school won 7-1.

Government MLB Girls High School from Chhindwara (Madhya Pradesh) made amends for the weekend’s loss with a thumping 19-0 victory over Alchemy School from Surat (Gujarat) in a junior girls (U-17) league match of the 57th Subroto Cup schools football tournament at Ambedkar Stadium in the capital on Monday.

On the opening day of the girls’ section, the MP school lost their first match but putting the loss behind, they played a start-to-finish match on the day when Anam Kumari led the team’s charge with five goals. Aarti Kumari and Ayushi Kumari struck four times each with four other of their teammates joining the party.

In another match at the NWC grounds, Government Mizo High School from Aizawl continued their winning ways beating The Air Force School (Subroto Park) 17-0.

Vanlalnawaii, Aizawl school’s prolific striker, did the star turn for her team with 11 goals, interspersed with a hat-trick. Lalruatefli (4) and H. Paitu (2) added to the team’s tally.

In morning matches, Kerala’s SAM GMR Sports School from

Thiruvananthapuram scored a 1-0 win over St Xavier’s High School from Goa with Simna striking in the 44th minute.

At the same venue, Chanambam Thambou Higher Secondary School from Manipur handed out a 7-1 verdict to YUWA India from Ranch.

The Manipur girls surged past their rival in the very first minute when Kritina Devi struck, making most of a defense lapse. This opened the floodgates for the team as Daya Devi scored five times.