Ranjit Hockey Cup to start tomorrow

The seventh annual Oriental Bank Maharaja Ranjit Singh hockey tournament will be held at the Shivaji Stadium in New Delhi here from March 8 to 16.

In all 13 teams are expected to participate which include top notch domestic teams like Air India, Punjab and Sind Bank, Army XI, Indian Oil Corporation, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation, Punjab National Bank, Indian Air Force, Corps of Signals, EME Jalandhar, SRC, Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), State Bank of India (SBI) Bhopal and Delhi Electric Supply Undertaking (DESU).

Army XI is the defending champions, they defeated Punjab and Sind Bank in 2011 — when the tournament was held last time- and pocketed Rs.1.25 lacs

PSB got Rs.75,000

HJS Chimni, World Cup gold medalist, is the Organizing Secretary of the tournament