Indian Oil clinch Beighton Cup after sudden death for SCR
Indian Oil held their nerves and registered a victory over South Central Railway in the sudden death to emerge champions in the Coal India 114th All-India Beighton Cup hockey tournament at SAI artificial turf here on Tuesday.
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Kolkata: Indian Oil held their nerves and
registered a victory over South Central Railway in the sudden
death to emerge champions in the Coal India 114th All-India
Beighton Cup hockey tournament at SAI artificial turf here
on Tuesday.
Indian Oil scored two goals in the first-half but South
Central Railway bounced back to equalise 2-2. With both teams
fighting hard, the stalemate prevailed till the full time.
Even the ensuing golden goal period did not yield any
result as the match moved to tie-breaker where both teams
scored four each to make the score 6-6.
Eventually, Indian Oil settled the issue 9-8 in the
sudden death after Gursev Singh of South Central Railway
missed one attempt.
Earlier, Indian Oil drew first blood when Hamza Mujtaba
slammed the board in the 14th minute. Eight minutes later,
Dharmavir made it 2-0.
After the break, the Hyderabad outfit fought back with a
brace from Amit Shrivas in the 44th and 48th minutes.
Locked 2-2 till regulation time, the golden goal rule,
which allows the team that scores the first goal during the 15
minutes to be declared the winners, came into force.
But the deadlock ensued as the match moved to tie-breaker
which began on a dramatic note with both the teams missing
their first attempts.
Indian Oil then converted four attempts through Aryan
Antil, Rupinder Pal Singh, Gaurav Tokhi and Dharamvir.
South Central Railway matched their opponents scoring
through Innocent Kullu, Mohammad Aleem, Gursev and Prabhakar
Singh as the match moved to sudden death with a 6-6 scoreline.
In the sudden death, Indian Oil kept their cool to score
through Antil, Rupinder and Tokhi.
After Kullu and Aleem converted their chances, a miss
from Gursev shattered the railmen`s hopes as Indian Oil took
away the title.
PTI
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