S-C Railway register win

NEW DELHI,

SOUTH-CENTRAL Railway thrashed Indian Navy 5-0 in their knock-out league match of the Nehru hockey tournament on Monday.

The Railway’s team were on the attack from the word go and went into the lead in the 10th minute itself, Prabhakar Singh opening the scoring and doubling the lead four minutes later. In contrast, Indian Navy, who had registered a comprehensive 6-2 win over Vidarbha XI on Sunday, were completely at sea in the face of some brilliant opposition.

In another match of the day, Western Railway beat Indian Universities XI 2-1. After a barren first half, Jagsheer Singh gave Universities the lead in the 44th minute, but Kuldeep Singh and Hardeep Singh ensured victory for the Railway’s team.

The third match of the day saw ONGC register a hard-fought 3-2 win over Central Railway. Amit Bhardwaj, KH Jayanta Meitei and Bikash Toppo scored for ONGC while Deepak Lakra scored both goals for the losing team.

On Tuesday, Western Railway play Namdhari XI while India Colts take on Karnataka XI.