Senior National Hockey Championship (B-Div) Canara Bank set final clash with Punjab National Bank
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, January 19 2018:
Canara Bank will meet Punjab National Bank on January 21 in the final match of the 8th Hockey India Senior Men's National Championship (B-Division) organised by Manipur Hockey under the aegis of Hockey India.
The tournament which began on January 7 is held at two venues (Hockey Stadium Khuman Lampak and Artificial Turf Ground, SAI Takyel) .
In the first semi final match played today, Canara Bank relied on Pullanthara Moses to beat Central Secretariat 1-0 in a hard fought match.
In this very tight competition, Kp Somaiah of the winning side and Bijwad Vinayak were booked green cards while Pullanthara Moses was shown a yellow card in the 59th minute by the umpire.
In a very one sided semi final match, Punjab National Bank thrashed Bengaluru Hockey Association 8-1 to cruise into final.
Gagandeep Singh of Punjab National Bank scored the first goal in the 5th minute while his second goal came in the 30th minute off a penalty corner.
Gurjinder Singh also scored two goals (15', 32') in this match.
Sukhjeet netted one goal in 18th minute via a penalty corner to make it 5-0.Gagandeep Singh Sr also netted a goal in the 19th minute off a penalty corner and made it 6-0 before Bewajad Manikanth (31') scored a single for the Bengaluru side.
The winning side went on to add two more goals and it was Antil Naveen who made it 7-1 through a goal in the 39th minute.
The last goal came from the stick of Dalal Satendar.