Army XI and South Central Railway stunned their fancied rivals to set up a final clash in the 20th Lal Bahadur Shastri hockey tournament in Gurgoan on Friday.
Army XI got the better of Punjab National Bank 2-1 in the first semifinal.

Rajesh Lakra’s penalty stroke conversion put the team ahead in the fifth minute, while Chitranjan added another in the 52nd minute. Lakhwinder Singh pulled one back for PNB in the 58th minute.

South Central Railway managed to keep out starstudded Air India in the second semi-final after Janardhan Gupta scored the lone goal in the 54th minute.