Hyderabad: Bhagat Singh Dhillon scored three goals when his team, Punjab National Bank, hosted the Central Central Railway their first defeat in the Pool A match in the Gooncha 57th Nehru Senior Hockey Tournament at the SCR Sports Complex on Thursday.
However, it was the hosts who scored the first goal with Aiyappa Pranjan scoring a field goal in the third minute of the match. But Bhagat Singh found the back of the net in the 20th minute through a penalty corner to draw equality. The Punjab National Bank took the lead in the 41st minute when Naveen Anil scored a field goal. Eight minutes later, the hosts found the equalizer through Pratap Lakkra who converted a penalty corner to tie at 2-all.
However, Bhagat Singh then converted two penalty corners in a span of five minutes (54th and 58th) to win it for his team.
In Pool B matches, Indian Navy defeated Punjab & Sind Bank 1-0 while Indian Railways defeated CAG XI 2-1.
Results: Pool A: Punjab National Bank 4 (Bhagat Singh Dhillon 3; Naveen Anil 1) bt SCR 2 (Aiyappa Pranjan 1, Pratap Lakkra 1); Pool B: Indian Navy 1 (Jugraj Singh 1) bt Punjab & Sind Bank 0; Indian Railways 2 (Pardeep Singh 1, Joginder Singh 1) bt CAG XI 1 (Chandan Singh 1).
Source: Telangana Today