Indian Oil, BPCL score big wins to enter final

After international Sardara Singh put them 1-0 up in the 7th minute through a field goal, another India star Deepak Thakur showed good opportunism to convert two penalty corners in the 10th and 32nd minutes.

Indian Oil and Bharat Petroleum Corporation would clash in the final of the 26th PSPB Hockey Tournament here on Friday.

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Indian Oil thrashed ONGC 'A' 5-0, after leading 3-0 at half time in their concluding league match while BPCL scored a 3-1 victory over ONGC 'B' in concluding league matches held on Thursday at the Mahindra Stadium.

Indian Oil completely dominated the proceedings against their rivals. After international Sardara Singh put them 1-0 up in the 7th minute through a field goal, another India star Deepak Thakur showed good opportunism to convert two penalty corners in the 10th and 32nd minutes.

After the change of ends, Indian Oil made it 4-0 through a field effort by Inderjit Chanda before drag-flick expert Raghunath completed the tally off yet another penalty corner award in the 61st minute.

In the other tie, BPCL were 3-0 up in the opening half through goals from Gurpreet Singh (11th minute), international Tushar Khandekar (23rd) and S S Gill (27th).

In the second half, ONGC 'B' got a consolation goal, a field effort, through Mohd Nasir in the 47th minute.