Indian Oil lifts the ‘Inder Mohan Kapur Nehru Senior Winners’ Cup, at Nehru Senior Hockey Tournament

Hyderabad, Nov 23 (Representative) The summit clash between the two titans, Indian Oil and Indian Railways at the ‘Gooncha 57th Nehru Senior Hockey Tournament’, turned out to be a riveting final till the last minute, but Indian Oil ultimately prevailed upon in the penalty shootout round and lifted the coveted ‘Inder Mohan Kapur Nehru Senior Winners’ Cup, with a 6-4 win. Indian Railways got the consolation prize, the prestigious Inder Mohan Kapur Senior Runners-Up Cup at the SCR Sports Complex, Secunderabad, here on Tuesday. This is the sixth time, Indian Oil won the tournament, earlier they lifted the cup 4 times on their own and were a joint winner once.

This is the first time; these two teams vied for the Nehru Tournament cup, though they met each other in the other finals. Indian Railways won the Nehru Senior Hockey trophy twice earlier in 2016 and 2018. In the last final’s clash between these two teams at the 31st Lal Bahadur Shastri Hockey Tournament, Indian Railways outflanked Indian Oil by 3-0. However, today Indian Oil scripted a memorable win and exacted a sweet revenge on Indian Railways. Talwinder Singh of Indian Oil was adjudged the Best Player of the Tournament. Results: Indian Oil – 6 (Angadbir Singh – 12th minute – field goal; Arman Qureshi – 32nd minute – field goal; Penalty shootout – Angadbir Singh, Talwinder Singh, Raheel Mohd. & Vikramjit Singh) beat Indian Railways – 4 (Pardeep Singh – 51st minute – field goal; Joginder Singh – 52nd minute – penalty corner; Penalty shootout – Pardeep Singh & Seshe Gowda). Green Card : Arman Qureshi, Indian Oil – 17th minute; Yellow Card : Vickram Kanth, Indian Oil – 43rd minute.