Women’s Inter-District: Mumbai and Pune win big

by Siddharth Yadav April 21, 2018

21st April 2018, Mumbai: The ongoing Inter-District Women’s Championship at Nashik saw a total of seven matches being contested earlier today. Championship’s favourites Pune, Mumbai, Kolhapur, Nashik and Nagpur comprehensively booked their place in the next round of the tournament with an excellent attacking display.

Pune (Aishwarya Jagtap 18′, 29′ & 43′, Adam Muriel 12′ & 35′, Sonali Chemate 27′ and Pratima Mukhia 42′) 7-0 Jalgaon

Aishwarya Jagtap and Adam Muriel’s lethal combination upfront proved instrumental as Pune defeated Jalgaon 7-0 in the pre-quarters of Inter-District Women’s Championship. Aishwarya netted a fine hat-trick while Adam Muriel bagged two goals. The other two goal-scorers was Sonali Chemate and Pratima Mukhia.

Mumbai (Namrata Thakur 6′, 11′, 15′ & 20′, Meenakshi Bhagat 2′ & 31′, Samchi 3′, Laura Estebeiro 24′ and Deepika Masurkar 40′) 9-0 Solapur

In the other game, Pune’s arch-rivals Mumbai produced a scintillating attacking display to trounce Solapur 9-0 in their opening game. Prolific Namrata Thakur scored an outstanding four goals in the first-half followed by Meenakshi’s brace and a goal apiece from Samchi, Laura Estebeiro and Deepika Masurkar. It was a dream start Mumbai wished for.

Nagpur (Nirmala Dhurve 1′, 9′ & 35′, Rinky Yadav 2′ & 10′, Sunita Yadav 5′, Nikita Karmakar 6′, Harsha Yadav 13′, Riya Sukhdeye 39′, and Nikita Shende 38′) 10-0 Washim

The biggest winner of the day proved to be Nagpur who defeated Washim 10-0 in a one-sided affair. There were seven different goal-scorers for Nagpur in what was a spectacular display. Nirmala Dhurve scored a hat-trick while Rinky Yadav (2), Sunita Yadav, Nikita Karmakar, Harsha Yadav, Riya Sukhdeye, and Nikita Shende also got on the scoresheet.

Kolhapur (Aadhika Bhosale 25 +1′ and Pratiksha Mithani 32′, 43′, 44′ & 45′) 5-0 Bhandara

Just like Mumbai’s Namrata Thakur, Kolhapur had their very own prolific goal-scorer by the name of Pratiksha Mithani who scored four goals in a 5-0 Kolhapur win against Bhandara. Aadhika Bhosale, meanwhile, scored the other goal.

Other results: Palghar 0-4 Nashik (Rutuja Aher 9′, Disha Joshi 20′, Swajal Pawar 28′ and Chitra Korate 49′), Gondia (Heena Yadav 17′ & 29′, Tripti Deep 42′ & 45′ and Diksha Bansol 49′) 5-0 Dhule, Sangali 0-0 Amravti (Sangli won 1-0 in penalties)