Ranchi, Jan. 13 -- Jugraj Singh scored his first hat-trick of the season to ensure a commanding 5-3 win for the Sharchi Bengal Tigers against Tamil Nadu Dragons in the ongoing Hockey India League 2026 (Men) on Tuesday at the Marang Gomke Jaipal Singh Munda Hockey Stadium in Ranchi.

This was an important win for the Tigers, who were placed 7th in the pool table before this match started, but jumped up to fourth place with this win - keeping their hopes alive in the league, as per a Hockey India press release.

While Jugraj became only the second player to get a hat-trick of goals after Kane Rusell from HIL GC team who has three hat-tricks in the league so far, goals from Sukhjeet (33') and Abhishek (55') helped the Tigers clinch a winner ...