Host team Ranchi Rhinos won the Hero Hockey India League bronze in the shoot out after tied 1-1 at full time.

When the score read 2-2 in the shoot out after UPW exhausted its quota of five shots, Bosco Perez Pla scored to bring cheers to the team, which won the gold in the last edition.

Earlier, Raghunath gave a thumping start to their campaign converting the teams’ first penalty corner, as Manpreet on the left post was a bit slack in reflex, the ball crashing in to the net between Manpreet and Fransciso Cortes.

Manpreet made amends later with a stunner of goal, after dodging a host of defenders, and the ball coming back to him with a slow clearance of otherwise hardworking Pardeep Mor.

In a match where physical play was prominent than the goals scored and missed, equally matching the controversies that the decisions of Indian umpire GS Sangha created, Rhinos got the consolation of winning the bronze

In the shoot out, UPWs were distinctly unlucky as Sandar Baart’s shot hit the right post and spurned out of play. Sandar took the first shoot of the feat.

Raghunath was declared Hero Goal of the match, while local hero Birendra Lakra Man of the match for his all round abilities, though he and Manpreet were missed their quota of shoot in the tie-break