RSPB to meet Navy in the final

Final 12 months’s finalist Railways Sports activities Promotion Board and Indian Navy arrange the title conflict on the SNBP 61st Nehru hockey match, successful their respective semifinals on the Shivaji Stadium. Whereas RSPB beat Indian Air Pressure 3-0, Navy dominated for a simple 3-1 win in opposition to defending champion Petroleum Sports activities Promotion Board within the day’s different match.

Navy was in full management of the sport all by and barely allowed PSPB, with a handful of former Indian stars, a shot at purpose until the very finish. In actual fact, the lone purpose for PSPB got here off its solely penalty nook within the closing seconds of the sport. On the different finish Navy, after a cautious first quarter, received one in every of the following three to stamp their authority to make their third closing of the season and could be hoping to lastly get a title underneath their belt.

Earlier, RSPB too had little hassle in opposition to an erratic IAF that noticed them miss six PCs and a stroke at the same time as gaps of their defence allowed RSPB forwards to consistently take pictures on the purpose, going forward within the fifth minute itself.

The outcomes (semifinals): RSPB 3 (Gursahibjit Singh, Pratap Lakra, Ravi) bt IAF 0; Indian Navy 3 (Kuldeep, Sushil Dhanwar, Ok. Selvaraj) bt PSPB 1 (Dipsan Tirkey).