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Varanasi, Allahabad, Lucknow win

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While hosts Lucknow maintained their winning streak in the Under-16 Boys Hockey State Level Tournament, Varanasi, Allahabad, Agra, Meerut and Azamgarh too maintained their good form to emerge victors in their days matches of the tourney at the KD Singh Babu Stadium here on Wednesday.

Lucknow defeated Mirzapur 4-0 in its second consecutive encounter. For Lucknow, Abhishek Kumar broke the ice in the twelfth minute of the play. Two minutes later Pradeep Maurya consolidated the lead further. Pradeep struct two more goals in the second-half to pave the way for a 4-0 win for the team.

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