Supremo Chashak: Raigad, Navi Mumbai, Vijaydurga, Bandra win opening matches

Kalina Raigad, Navi Mumbai Panhalgad,Thane Vijaydurga and Bandra Shivneri won their respective matches at the Supremo Chashak football tournament here.

Kalina kicked off the tournament on Wednesday evening by defeating Mumbai Central Pratapgad 2-1 in the inaugural match.

Both goals were scored by Kamran Siddique who was declared the man of the match.

Navi Mumbai Panhalgad thrashed Borivali Vishalgad 3-1 with Himanshu Patil being declared the man of the match.

Later in the day, Thane Vijaydurga edged out Colaba Sindhdurga by a 1-0 margin with Farukh Chowdary being the man of the match.

In the last match of the day, Bandra Shivneri blanked Parel Sinhagad 2-0.

Azfar Noorani played a crucial role for Bandra, which earned him the man of the match award.

"Besides the Cricket Tournament, this year we are also introducing Football Tournament. Both Cricket & Football are India's most viewed sports," Sanjay Potnis, a member of the organising committee said.

"This is the tournament which unites youngsters & all over Indian players in the same squad, battling for one trophy. It's a grand spectacle with the teams giving the fine performance here," he added.

--IANS

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