Bombay enter semis via tie-breaker

Bangalore, June 24: Karnataka's tryst with luck ended as Bombay entered the semi-finals of the Tatas 30th Junior National hockey champion...

Bangalore, June 24: Karnataka8217;s tryst with luck ended as Bombay entered the semi-finals of the Tatas 30th Junior National hockey championship, eliminating the hosts 8-6 in a tie-breaker here today.

The tie-breaker was forced after the teams were tied three-all at the end of regulation time and a 15-minute extra time of the second quarter-final which went to the wire.

Robindro Singh, Vijay Alphonso, Sunil Singh, Stanley Fernandes and Asad Khan were on target for Bombay, while Chandrashekar Xalxo, Biknu Munda and skipper Arjun Halappa found the mark for Karnataka.

The Bombay bench jumped in joy when Asad Khan8217;s push entered the Karnataka goal after Anup Anthony8217;s try was padded away by Bombay goalkeeper Karan Bhasin.

Bombay will now take on Punjab amp; Sind Bank, who edged out Punjab via Ajitpal Singh8217;s penalty corner conversion.

Bombay showed the initial aggression. In the 19th minute came the side8217;s second penalty corner which saw them surge ahead through Robindro8217;s conversion.

Karnataka equalised inthe 48th minute as Arjun Halappa converted the side8217;s fourth penalty corner. At this point, the game turned an interesting note as the hosts surged ahead three minutes later with Anup Anthony pushing home Bipin Fernandez8217;s cross from the left.

Story continues below this ad

The bane of the Karnataka defence which crumbles against sustained moves was brought forth yet again. Bombay drew level through Stanley Fernandes8217; penalty corner conversion in the 53rd minute.

Karnataka shot back through PM Mandanna who tapped in Bipin8217;s hit-in from the left in the 60th minute only to see Bombay restore parity three minutes later through Asad Khan.

Parminder stabbed: In contrast, the first quarterfinal between Punjab amp; Sind Bank was played on a slow pace. PSB were playing without skipper Parminder Singh, who had seven stitches on his right thigh after he was stabbed by some miscreants near their camp in the city. The incident occurred after their crucial match against Orissa on Monday.

Other results

Pool H: Gujarat 6Vishal Pothiwala 47 amp; 63rd, Hiren Modi 44th amp; 57th, Hitesh Patel 17th, Rinkesh Patel 26th bt Jammu amp; Kashmir: 1 Rajinder Singh 9th.

Story continues below this ad

Pool F: Uttar Pradesh 3 Avinash Saxena 24th, Arshad Ahmed 48th, Imtiaz Ahmed 56th bt SAIL 1 Ajit Kumar Tirkey 70th.

Pool G: Haryana 1 Rajiv Panchal 29th drew with Patiala 1 Dominic 45th.