Punjab & Sind Bank Delhi in finals in Surjit Hockey

Jalandhar, November 8, 2014: Holders Punjab & Sind Bank Delhi entered the finals of 31st Indian Oil Servo Surjit Hockey Tournament by beating spirited Army XI Delhi by 3-2 in tough fight in the first semi finals at Olympian Surjit Hockey Stadium here today. Punjab & Sind Bank reserve their berth in the finals of this tournament for the 16th time.  

In the first semi finals holders Punjab & Sind Bank Delhi controlled the game from the very first minute. In the 6th minute of the play Bankmen earned first penalty corner, their Vikramjit Singh converted it to take lead (1-0). After that Armymen tried their best and made some good moves but strong defence of Bank not gave any chance to them. In the 35th minute of the play Army’s Bachittar Singh sounded the board from cracking shot from top of the striking circle to equalize (1-1). At half time both teams were locked at 1-1.

In the second half’s 47th minute Bank team’s Prabhdeep Singh wrongly stopped by Army’s goalkeeper PT Rao, umpire Anil Kumar awarded penalty stroke in favour of Bank. Vikramjit Singh converted it into goal to consolidate (2-1). In the 58th minute Bank’s Jaskaran Singh netted the ball from the pass of Prabhdeep Singh (3-1). In the 62nd minute of the play Army’s Arumugam converted the penalty corner to reduce the margin (2-3).  

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