Manipur who lost to Kerala by 12 goals to nill came back strongly by beating Punjab 11- 6 at the ongoing the 44th Glenmark Junior National Aquatic Championships 2017, Pune in Maharastra.
In the match, Manipuri boy L Ajay scored five goals against Punjab. L Alex and L Hillar also netted three goals each.
For Punjab, Sukhdeep Singh and Karanveer Singh scored five and one goals respectively to keep the hope of the team. However, the boys from Punjab failed to add further goals to defeat Manipur.
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In other matches, Maharashtra beat Kerala by 5-3, Madhya Pradesh beat Delhi by 6-2 and Kerala beat Punjab by 4-2. Earlier, Maharashtra had also defeated Manipur by 10-2.