Mumbai: SAI Lucknow rallied splendidly to beat PNB Hockey Academy 4-3 in the final of the All-India U-19 Inter-Academy Hockey Tournament at the BHA Mahindra Stadium on Friday.
Trailing by two goals inside the first eight minutes — Ravinder Tewatia (3rd minute), Ved Prakash (8th) — SAI hit back through
goals by Md Asif (23rd), Md Javed (46th), captain Janardan Gupta (49th) and Jay Karan (55th) take the title. Nitin Sharma reduced the losing margin for PNB by banging home a penalty corner in the 70th minute.
In the 3rd-4th position playoff, Surjit Academy beat Punjab & Sindh Bank Academy 4-3 via tie-breaker, after the regulation period failed to break the 1-1 deadlock. TNN