Overview
- SG Pipers beat JSW Soorma 1-0 in Ranchi on December 31 in the Women’s Hockey India League.
- Captain Navneet Kaur scored in the 4th minute after intercepting a pass and finishing a solo run, her second goal in two matches.
- JSW Soorma generated heavy pressure with about 35 circle entries and multiple penalty corners but could not convert.
- Defensive resilience decided the contest, with differing reports on a late pivotal save: PTI and The Indian Express credit Soorma goalkeeper Savita for a one-on-one denial of Kaur, while UNI highlights a third-quarter stop by Pipers’ Bansari Solanki.
- The result gives SG Pipers two wins from two and the early lead in the standings.