<p>South Central Railway (SCR) churned out a clinical performance to outclass Hockey Karnataka 4-2 in the men’s section of the 3rd Bengaluru Cup All India Invitation tournament at the Hockey Stadium here on Friday.<br /><br />Raju Pal opened the scoring for SCR in the 18th minute and Vikas Choudhary added another two minutes later as they opened up a 2-0 lead at half-time.<br /><br />Karnataka pulled one back through Cariappa MB in the 46th minute but Vikas restored SCR’s two-goal advantage three minutes later. Pal struck again for SCR in the 57th minute before a goal from KP Somiah in the 62nd minute reduced the deficit for the Verghese-coached side.<br /><br />Karnataka started on a positive note, winning a penalty corner in the seventh minute. But they failed to make it count.<br /><br />Soon after, they paid for their profligacy as SCR scored two back-to-back goals within a space of three minutes. Both the goals were scored through penalty corners.<br /><br />The first was expertly converted by Pal while the second goal was scored by Vikas, whose ferocious hit ended in the bottom left corner of the net.<br /><br />Karnataka pressed hard but SCR remained firm and went into the break leading 2-0.<br /><br />The hosts returned to the field with a purpose but SCR wereupto the task and completed a comprehensive win.<br /><br />Results: Men: PNB: 4 (Sukhjeet Singh 5th, Shamsher Singh 10th, Gurjinder Singh 11th, Gagandeep Singh jr 38th) bt Army XI (Machaiah BB 34th, 49th Arumugam S 68th); SCR: 4 (Raju Pal 18th, 57th, Vikas Choudhary 20th, 49th).<br /><br />Women: SER: 3 (Punam Madhuri Tete 27th, Binita Xess 47th, Birajini Ekka 65th) bt Hockey Odisha:0; Hockey Haryana: 6 (Saroj 18th, 25th, 28th, 39th minute, Nicky 49th, Manisha 66th) bt Hockey Karnataka: 0.</p>
<p>South Central Railway (SCR) churned out a clinical performance to outclass Hockey Karnataka 4-2 in the men’s section of the 3rd Bengaluru Cup All India Invitation tournament at the Hockey Stadium here on Friday.<br /><br />Raju Pal opened the scoring for SCR in the 18th minute and Vikas Choudhary added another two minutes later as they opened up a 2-0 lead at half-time.<br /><br />Karnataka pulled one back through Cariappa MB in the 46th minute but Vikas restored SCR’s two-goal advantage three minutes later. Pal struck again for SCR in the 57th minute before a goal from KP Somiah in the 62nd minute reduced the deficit for the Verghese-coached side.<br /><br />Karnataka started on a positive note, winning a penalty corner in the seventh minute. But they failed to make it count.<br /><br />Soon after, they paid for their profligacy as SCR scored two back-to-back goals within a space of three minutes. Both the goals were scored through penalty corners.<br /><br />The first was expertly converted by Pal while the second goal was scored by Vikas, whose ferocious hit ended in the bottom left corner of the net.<br /><br />Karnataka pressed hard but SCR remained firm and went into the break leading 2-0.<br /><br />The hosts returned to the field with a purpose but SCR wereupto the task and completed a comprehensive win.<br /><br />Results: Men: PNB: 4 (Sukhjeet Singh 5th, Shamsher Singh 10th, Gurjinder Singh 11th, Gagandeep Singh jr 38th) bt Army XI (Machaiah BB 34th, 49th Arumugam S 68th); SCR: 4 (Raju Pal 18th, 57th, Vikas Choudhary 20th, 49th).<br /><br />Women: SER: 3 (Punam Madhuri Tete 27th, Binita Xess 47th, Birajini Ekka 65th) bt Hockey Odisha:0; Hockey Haryana: 6 (Saroj 18th, 25th, 28th, 39th minute, Nicky 49th, Manisha 66th) bt Hockey Karnataka: 0.</p>
