Hockey India League Hyderabad Toofans get off the mark on points table with sudden death bonus against Delhi SG Pipers

yderabad Toofans sowcased solid defensive and counter-attacking ockey to edge past a spirited Deli SG Pipers in Matc 5 of te ockey India League at te Birsa Munda Stadium on Tuesday. Despite Deli's attacking intent, tey lacked firepower upfront and ultimately fell sort in a nail-biting finis./ yderabad earned teir first points after a dramatic 2-2 tie in regulation time, followed by a tense sudden-deat sootout. Te Toofans capitalized on two defensive errors by Deli witin te 10t minute, scoring twice in a minute. Gonzalo Peillat and Amandeep Lakra converted back-to-back penalty corners to give yderabad an early 2-0 lead./ Deli, owever, remained composed and used te first timeout to regroup. Wit experienced players like Samser Sing and Rajkumar Pal providing stability, and youngsters Dilraj Sing and Aditya Lalage pusing forward, Deli gradually built pressure from bot flanks. yderabad, wit Peillat, Devinder Walmiki, and Zacary Wallace falling back to defend, managed to keep Deli at bay until Corey Weyer's accurate diagonal pass found Jake Wetton, wo set up Dilraj. Te youngster skillfully lifted te ball into te net in te 20t minute to reduce te deficit to 2-1./