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Indian Oil in semifinals

KOLKATA: Last year’s semifinalist Indian Oil completed the semifinal line-up by getting the better of Eastern Railway Sports Association (ERSA) by a solitary first half goal in Pool B of the quarterfinal league of the Coal India 113th all-India Beighton Cup hockey tournament at the SAI ground on Tuesday.

Indian Oil thus topped the group. In a Pool A league match, Punjab and Sind Bank (PSB) and Punjab Police (PP) drew 1-1 in the last encounter. The draw enabled PSB gain the group championship.

After a day’s rest, the semifinals would be played on Thursday. Punjab Police would take on Indian Oil and PSB would clash with Punjab Sports Club. The final is slated for Friday.

In an inconsequential pool A game, Tamil Nadu XI downed East Coast Railways 3-2.

Punjab Police, in a well-contested game, went ahead through Satwinder Singh’s field goal in the 63rd minute. The success, though, was short lived as three minutes later Mandeep Singh neutralised the lead to enable the bankmen to end the game with honours even.

An early lead through Hamza Muztaba in the ninth minute was all Indian Oil needed to stave off the challenge of ERSA.

The results: Pool A: Punjab Police 1 (Satwinder Singh 63rd) drew with Punjab and Sind Bank 1 (Mandeep Singh, 66th); Tamil Nadu XI 3 (Adam Sinclair 1st, Philip Martin 47th and 68th) bt East Coast Railway (L. Kumar 10th and 49th). Pool B: Indian Oil 1 (Hamza Muztaba 9th) bt ERSA 0. — Special Correspondent

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