Midfielder Ignace Tirkey scored a late equaliser as Army XI held Namdhari XI 3-3 in a league match of the 20th Lal Bahadur Shastri hockey tournament at the Nehru Stadium in Gurgaon on Tuesday.
Chitranjan (5th minute) opened the scoring for Army XI, before Namdhari XI struck twice in quick succession to make it 2-1. Eliazer Lakra found the equaliser for Army XI in the 24th minute. Gurmail Singh put Namdhari XI ahead with a penalty corner conversion in the 44th minute, before Tirkey’s strike forced the teams to split points.
In another match, Air India held defending champions Bharat Petroleum 2-2.
Bimal Lakra and Amir Khan scored for Air India, while Gurpreet Singh and Sher Singh struck for BPCL.