Karnataka posts win

GURGAON: Karnataka XI defeated Central Reserve Police Force 8-7 via tie-breaker in the Jindal Steel 45th Nehru hockey tournament at the Nehru Stadium here on Sunday. The teams were locked 5-5 at the end of the regulation period.

K.A. Nilesh (3), Rafeeq and K.M. Somanna scored for Karnataka while Simon Tirkey (2), Rajender Singh, Daljit Singh and Jolen Topno were the marksmen for CRPF.

In the tie-breaker, Somanna, Aiyappa and Nithin scored for the winner and the scorers for CRPF were Dilip and Daljit.

Indian Navy defeated Vidarbha XI 6-2. The scorers were Dharmendra Singh (2), Ajay Kumar (2), Shish Ram and Amrit Kiro. Vidarbha reduced the margin through Nind Gade and Imtiyaz Rahim.

In another match, Indian Colts got past Indian Air Force 5-0. The goals came through Amir Khan (3), Jai Karan and Danish Mujtaba.