Malem stars in Cottons' triumph

CHAMPIONS Bishop Cottons Boys School, winners of the GS Randhawa memorial inter-school hockey tournament. BACK ROW (L-R): Raju Bhaskar (PET), John Zachariah (principal), Anil Dhutt (PED). MIDDLE ROW: Zubin, Harsha, Deerendra, Ankith Agarwal, K Malem,Ameer Ahamed, Akash Gupta, Prakar Dheekshit. FRONT ROW: Tushar, Abhshek Kumar, Pranay Singh, Rahul Agarwal, Appaiah KC, Suraj, Pranav Kadka and Shameem.

Malem, who fired three goals in Cottonians’ semifinal victory, turned out to be the hero once again, sounding the board in the 14th and 53rd minutes in a floodlit final at the KSHA stadium.For his strong show throughout the tournament, Malem was adjudged the player of the tournament. Cottonians did take some time to settle in after which they completely dominated their oponents who looked disoriented.