In the Hockey India Senior Men's Championship at Pune, the Army team decisively beat Goa 28-0 in their first match. In the same Pool Indian Sports Authority beat Bihar 9-0. In Pool- F, Namdhari XI defeated SSB 8-2 to register their third straight win in the Championship. In Pool-B, Chhattisgarh beat Tripura 7-3 while in Pool -H, Assam thrashed Rajasthan 10- 0. The Pool -H encounter between Tamilnadu and Chandigarh ended in 2-2 draw.