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Central Railway stun Army XI
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April 27, 2005 21:38 IST

The youthful exuberance of Central Railway helped them shock fancied Army XI from Bangalore 4-2 and enter the third round in the 43rd Bombay Gold Cup hockey tournament in Mumbai on Wednesday.

Central Railway pumped in three goals, two of them in the first-half, with dashing forward Rajeev Bhatkar accounting for the first and third and Shamim Baig notching the second goal before the Army team staged a fightback.

Army XI, winners of the Murugappa Cup in Chennai last week and runners-up in the Beighton Cup in Kolkata earlier to that, pulled two goals back by striking through center-half Pawal Lakra and Abinav Ganapathi.

However, Central's Nimit Lal converted their fourth and last penalty-corner in the dying minutes under fading light to earn the Railway side a meeting with either Southern Railway (Chennai) or Border Security Force (Jalandhar) for a place in the last 16.

Earlier, in another second round encounter that went to the sudden death tie-break, Jalandhar's Corps of Signals outlasted Mumbai's Air India 8-7 after the teams were locked 2-2 at the end of 70 minutes.

In two other first round encounters, All India Customs staved off a late fightback from Andhra XI to record a 4-3 verdict, after leading 4-0 at half-time, while Indian Overseas Bank [Get Quote], Chennai, got the better of Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, Jalandhar, 10-9 via the sudden death tie-break.

IOB and EME were locked 2-2 at the end of regulation time.



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