Parminder rescues PSB

Parminder scored the winner 10 minutes into the game, deflecting in a Kanwalpreet free hit from just outside the D which left the Chandigarh goalkeeper Baljit Singh gasping. The goal invited protests from the Chandigarh players who claimed that the deflection was off Parminder8217;s foot.However, umpire Gunashekar of Karnataka stood by his decision.

Bhopal pip HP: The Bhopal boys struggled to beat Himachal Pradesh 2-1 in Pool B. Goals from ShahidBag 11th and Mohammed Sameer 45th enabled them take the lead, which was reduced by Sanjeev Kumar of Himachal seven minutes later.

Results

Pool B: Bhopal 2 Shahid Bag, Mohammed Sameer bt HP 1 Sanjeev Kumar; Pool C: Orissa 6 Pratap Naik 2, C. Johnson Ekka, Severan K Barla, Albert Tete, Tarcius Kullu bt MP 0; PSB 1 Parminder Singh bt Chandigarh 0; Pool D: Kerala 3 Praveen Kumar 2, TP Jayesh bt Maharashtra 2 Vikas Jadhav, Shakti Thakur; Pool E: Tamil Nadu 16 S Vinod Kumar 4, Anandan 6, Radhakrishnan 2, Raj Kumar 2, Mohammed Nawaz, Gopinath bt Assam 0; Delhi 6 Prabhakar Singh 3, Dinesh, Ajay, Raju bt Madhya Bharat 3 Pankaj Dixit, Shivendra Singh, Vijay Swarankar.