Indian Railways edges out TN in Murugappa Gold Cup hockey

Indian Railways pulled off a narrow 3-2 win over Hockey Unit of Tamil Nadu in a Pool 'B' match of the 93rd All India MCCMurugappa Gold Cup Hockey Tournament here on Friday.

In other matches on a rain-swept evening at the Mayor Radhakrishnan stadium, Central Secretariat was held to a 2-2 draw by Indian Navy in Pool 'B' while debutant Indian Air Force downed Bengaluru Hockey Association 1-0 courtesy a 59th minute penalty corner conversion by Sukhdevv Singh.

The Railways-HUTN match saw the home team go ahead in the final minute of the first quarter, via a field goal by Mareeswaran.

Parmeet levelled for Railways by converting a penalty corner in the 17th munute and the lead increased when PR Aiyappa beat the TN goalkeeper in the 20th minute.

Harsahib Singh scored a goal in the 33rd minute which turned out to be a match-winning effort as rest of the encounter failed to produce any strikes.

Indian Navy squandered a 2-0 advantage to draw 2-2 with Central Secretariat ...