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41st Indian Oil Servo Surjit Hockey Tournament



41st Indian Oil Servo Surjit Hockey Tournament Indian Oil Mumbai in the semi-finals The teams of Punjab Police Jalandhar and Bharat Petroleum Mumbai were equal Jalandhar, October 23 ( ) Former champions Indian Oil Mumbai entered the semi-finals of the 41st Indian Oil Servo Surjit Hockey Tournament by defeating the Indian Air Force by a margin of 1-0 after a tight contest. In the second match, the teams of Punjab Police Jalandhar and Bharat Petroleum Mumbai tied 1-1 and got one point each. Two matches of the league round were played on the fifth day of the ongoing tournament at the Olympian Surjit Hockey Stadium. The first match in Pool A was a battle between former winners Indian Oil Mumbai and Indian Air Force. The first three quarters of the game were scoreless. In the fourth quarter of the game, Indian Oil got a penalty stroke in the 53rd minute, which international player Gurjinder Singh converted to score the winning goal. Indian Oil had earlier defeated BSF in league matches. In the league round, they won two matches and got 6 points to take first place in Pool A. The second match was played in Pool B between Punjab Police Jalandhar and Bharat Petroleum Mumbai. Neither team could score in the first two quarters of the game. In the 42nd minute of the game, Dipsan Tirki of Bharat Petroleum converted the penalty corner into a goal to make the score 1-0. In the 45th minute of the game, Olympian Rupinderpal Singh from Punjab Police converted the penalty corner into a goal and made the score 1-1. Bharat Petroleum Mumbai has 2 points in two league matches due to draw as Bharat Petroleum has drawn both matches. While Punjab Police have one point in their account and have a 30-minute match against Rail Coach Factory Kapurthala, which was postponed yesterday due to a technical fault with the floodlights, which will be played on October 24, after that Pool B's position will be clear. Olympian Surinder Singh Sodhi and former MLA Pawan Tinu, the chief guests of today's matches, introduced the teams. On this occasion, Tarlok Singh Bhullar (Canada), Ranbir Singh Rana Tut, Natha Singh Gakhal (Gakhal Group), Ram Saran, Daljit Singh IRS, Lakhwinder Pal Singh Khaira, Ram Pratap, Gurwinder Singh Gullu, Iqbal Singh Sandhu, Lakhbir Singh Norway, Olympians Rajinder Singh, Surinder Singh Bhapa, Gurcharan Singh Channi, Deepak Bali, Virinderpreet Singh, Teja Singh, Nitish Vij, Rajeev Verma, Kulwinder Singh Thiara were specially present. October 24 match Army XI vs Punjab & Sindh Bank – 3-45 hrs Indian Railways vs CAG Delhi – 5-30 hrs