BANGALORE CUP 2015: DAY VII 16th Oct 2015
IOCL trounce ONGC 5-1
Bengaluru, 16 Oct 2015: Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) defeated
ONGC 5-1 in the men’s league matches of the 2nd Bengaluru Cup hockey
tournament organised by Hockey Karnataka at the hockey stadium here on
Friday.
IOCL garnered seven points from three matches and are yet to play
Karnataka XI and Air India while ONGC have four points from four
matches and have a game left with BPCL. Air India lead the table with
9 points from four matches and will play IOCL in their last league
encounter while Army XI have seven points from as many matches. They
are yet to play Karnataka XI, who on four points have two games left
against top guns IOCL and Army XI.
IOCL began with a bang earning a penalty stroke 30 seconds into the
match and Sunil Yadav made no mistake finding the net. They pumped in
three more goals in the first half through Gagandeep Singh (9th min),
Affan Yousef (18th min) and Sunil converted another short corner in
the 21st minute to make it 4-0 for the Oilmen at the break.
After the breather, IOCL struck again in the 47th minute when Yuvraj
Walmiki put it beyond their rivals with a field goal (5-0). Mandeep
Antil scored the consolation goal for ONGC in the 55th minute.
Earlier in the women’s section, Karnataka XI defeated Punjab XI 3-2
scoring the match winner after the hooter converting an extended
Penalty Corner through an indirect variation by Thanushree AR. Punjab
shot ahead in the 7th minute with a field goal from Hardeep Kaur and
Karnataka drew parity in the 29th minute when Rashmy PP was successful
in the set-piece drill. In the second half, Hardeep Kaur scored once
again in the 53rd minute and the local girls responded with a Rashmy
goal again. Thanushree who took the push came back to convert a cheeky
goal in the penalty corner taken after the hooter.
Karnataka XI drub BPCL to remain in contention
Bengaluru, 16 Oct 2015: Karnataka XI defeated Bharat Petroleum
Corporation Limited 5-3 in the men’s league matches of the 2nd
Bengaluru Cup hockey tournament organised by Hockey Karnataka at the
hockey stadium here on Friday.
Karnataka XI have four points from three outings while BPCL lost all
the four matches they played and are out of contention for the final.
The top two teams from the league will play the final on Monday.
For Karnataka XI, MD Raheel struck three goals (7th, 38th 47th
minutes) while Poonacha MG (13th min) and Thimanna PL (43rd min)
scored a goal each. For BPCL, Rajat Sharma (22nd min), Jarnail Singh
(48th min) and Gurpreet Singh (PC-51st Min) reduced the margin.
Karnataka scored early through a deflection from Raheel before
Poonacha himself struck a field goal for a 2-0 lead by the 13th minute
but Oilmen pulled one back and kept themselves in contention when
Rajat Sharma struck following an Amir Khan cross in the 21st minute.
However, after the break, Karnataka scored three goals in quick
succession, in the space of nine minutes to virtually take the sting
off the contest when Raheel scored two more goals and Thimmanna found
one in between. Thereafter, BPCL came back with two goals from Jarnail
Singh and Gurpreet Singh but it was too little and too late.
Karnataka remain in contention for a spot in the final with two
matches to go against IOCL and Army XI. BPCL have a match against ONGC
but are out of contention.