Western Railway in quarters

¦ Western Railway stunned favourites Namdhari XI 3-2 to book their spot in the quarter-final league of the Nehru hockey tournament on Tuesday. After the teams were tied 2-2 at the end of regulation time, Manish Saini scored the winner in the 76th minute. Western Railway took the lead twice in the match through Hardeep Singh and Chadrakesh Kumar, but Sardara Singh equalised for Namdhari. In the other match of the day, India Colts qualified for the quarter-final league, defeating Karnataka XI 4-1. Diwakar Ram scored a hat-trick while Innocent Kullu scored once for the colts while Nilesh KA score the consolation goal for Karnataka.