PSEB derail N Rly in sudden death session

by sportswire4u.blogspot.com (Balbir)

CHANDIGARH, SEPT 23

Punjab State Electricity Board, Patiala overcame Northern Railways with an aggregate 5-4 margin in the sudden death tie-breaker of the SN Vohra’s 41^st All-India Gurmit Memorial Hockey Tournament at the Sector 42 Hockey Stadium here today. The teams shared two goals in the regulation 70-minute session.

The powermen from Patiala took the lead in the 14^th minute through Ranjit Singh while  Northern Railway restored parity when Ravi Bharti scored a field goal in the 59^th minute.

Even the regular tie-breaker session of five strokes each, the deadlock continued as both teams converted three penalty strokes each. However in the sudden death PSEB clinched the issue through Rajwinder Singh.

For PSEB Rajwinder Singh,  Manvir Singh and Gurpreet converted their stroke.  Gurpreet Singh and Mandeep Singh muffed their changes. Northern Railway got their goals through Harish, Vivek and Raju.  Ravi Bharti, Rajnesh and Raju missed their chances.

In another match, Central Reserve Police Force prevailed over young Ropar Hawks by 4-2 after leading 2-1 at half time. The way Ropar Hawks played in the initial stage of the game, it looked they could upset the seasoned campaigners. However CRPF had other ideas and converted most of the chances which came their way.

Ropar Hawks stunned CRPF with a field goal in the 12^th minute when Gurwinder Singh gave a fine pass to  Navjot Singh to put his team ahead. CRPF’s duo of Simon Tirkey and Ramesh shattered the hopes of Ropar Hawks.

With proper understanding and exchanges of quick passes they shared four goals. Simon Tirkey  scored in the 25^th and 29^th minutes. Ramesh struck in the 51^st and 57^th minutes. Navjot Singh got his team’s second goal in the 59^th minutes.

Tomorrow’s fixtures: CISF vs Navy (1.30 p.m), IAF vs Jay Bharat Academy Delhi (3 p.m.), EME vs PSEB (4.30 p.m.), BSF vs CRPF (6 p.m.).