Mumbai, Apr 15: South Central Railway, Secunderabad sunk Indian Navy, Mumbai 4-2 after the teams were tied 1-1 at the breather in the first round of the 41st Bombay Gold Cup hockey tournament at the Mahindra stadium here today. In the first match of the evening session, western railway, Mumbai, derailed another local outfit, RCF, 6-1 after leading 5-0 at half time.
Earlier, in the morning, Eme Jalandhar drubbed Bha Colts, Mumbai 5-0 after leading 3-0 at lemon time while Jammu and Kashmir Police crushed Mumbai port trust 4-0 after sitting pretty at 2-0 in the first quarter.
South central rallied well after conceding the lead to the navy in the 11th minute. Centre forward Manoj Lokhande sounded the board after latching on to a rebound which came off international Rajan Lakra's first attempt.
Six minutes later, the railwaymen equalised when their forward S Dung scored off centre forward Shyam Carriappa pass.
In the 40th minute, the navymen again took the lead when Lakra converted a penalty stroke awarded after navy defender a K Kiro's goalbound penalty corner hit was stopped by railway defender Manoj Singh with his legs.
Manoj Singh made amends when he converted his team's fourth penalty corner in the 50th minute. The railwaymen again took the lead when their centre half J Ekka scored through a field goal.
With just two minutes to go for the final hooter, railway defender Kuldip Xalxo rounded off the tally when he converted the sixth penalty corner.
Bureau Report