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BPCL to meet IOC in hockey final New Delhi, March 2 In the semi-finals on Sunday, BPCL got the better of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) 3-1 while IOC trounced Oil India 3-0. In a fast-paced second match, ONGC muffed umpteen chances to lose out to BPCL, who were packed with a number of India internationals. ONGC showed a lot of thrust and forced as many as 14 penalty corners, but lacked finish while BPCL had fewer number of penalty corners—five in all—but had a better percentage of
scoring. Len Aiyappa put BPCL in the lead when he converted a penalty corner in the 32nd minute. Three minutes after resumption, Deepak enhanced the lead with a fine field goal. Len Aiyappa shot home BPCL’s third goal in the 53rd minute while Vivek pulled off the
equaliser, off a penalty corner, for ONGC at the fag end. In the first semi-final in the morning, Lakhwinder Singh scored two quick goals in the first half to give IOC a 2-0 lead, and it was consolidated by international Deepak Thakur in the 29th minute. After taking a 3-0 lead, IOC played it cool in the second half, and did not strive to get more goals. |
Sanjeev, Kirpal excel for External Affairs New Delhi, March 2 Scores: Ministry of External Affairs: 267 for 5 in 35 overs (Sanjeev 94, Kirpal Singh 85 n o, Rajesh 30, M S Bisht 25). Doordarshan: 213 in 33.1 overs (Praveen 64, R. Khatri 38, Satinder 30 n o, Manjeet 3 for 36, M S Bisht 2 for 42. Roshanara Cup Cricket Top teams like ONGC, Indian Airlines, Collage Group, Sonnet, Lal Bahadur Shastri and hosts Roshanara, will participate in the fourth Roshanara Cup Cricket Tournament to be held at the Roshanara Club ground from March 4. The tournament will be played on a league-cum-knockout basis. The final is slated to be held on March 23.
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