BANGALORE: Canara Bank scored a 3-2 victory over Namdhari in the State Super Division hockey league at the SAI South Centre here on Thursday.

With this win, Canara Bank (13 points) has won four besides a draw and a loss. Though it was the bankmen who went ahead through Bipin Boppoaiah in the very first minute, Namdhari, not only equalised in the 10th through Gurvinder Singh, but even forged ahead when Karamjeet Singh found the mark.

However, Bipin equalised four minutes before the half-time. Penalty-corner specialist Rama Rao sounded the boards in the 57th to help Canara Bank walk away with full points.

Other results:

Army Green 1 (Rajesh Kumar 7th) bt PCTC 0; BPCL 2 (Tushar Khandekar 13th, Pundalik 61st) bt Army Red 1 (Ignes Tirkey 34th).

Wednesday’s results:

KSP 5 (Pradeep 3 (hat-trick), Parmesh, Mudgar) bt PCTC 1 (Cyprian Aind; Fortis 6 (Banmali 3, Lalith Upadhyay, Jagandeep, Bharathi) bt ASC 0; IOCL 5 (Prabhjot Singh 2, Raghunath, Deepak Thakur, Didar Singh) bt Army Red 2 (Jerome Kujur (P.S), S.V. Sunil).