Faridkot, September 21
BSF, Jalandhar, outplayed Roomi XI 3-1, Corps of Signals defeated CRPF Delhi 8-7 in sudden death in the quarterfinals of the third day of the 17th All-India Baba Farid Gold Cup Hockey Tournament. In the other quarterfinals, RCF Kapurthala beat Punjab and Sindh Bank Academy 3-2 and Eastern Railways Calcutta edged out Pakistan team 5-4 via tie breaker.

In the first quarterfinal, BSF outplayed Roomi Eleven 3-1. All the winning goals were scored in the first half.

The BSF opened its account when Swaranjit Singh, right full back, converted first penalty corner in the 7th minute. Jaswinder Singh left out of Roomi XI equalised through penalty stroke in the 12 minute. The BSF scored the second goal through Sushil Khajur, left full back, by converting a short corner into goal in 22nd minute and the winning stroke of BSF came just before the whistle of first half by Parkash Karak, outside right, of a field goal.

In the second quarterfinal, Corps of Signals beat CRPF by 8-7. The match was decided by sudden death. — PTI

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