Chennai, Sep 4 (PTI) Indian Navy outplayed Railway Sports Promotion Board 3-0 in a Pool 'B' match of the 93rd All India MCCMurugappa Gold Cup Hockey Tournament here on Wednesday.

In other matches, Indian Army defeated Indian Air Force 2-1 while the strong Indian Oil Corporation hammered Bengaluru Hockey Association 4-1 in Pool 'A'.

Ajinkya Yadav opened the scoring for Navymen in the 32nd minute. Pawan Rajbhar increased the lead five minutes later. Jugraj Singh rounded out the tally with a penalty corner conversion in the 59th minute.

In the Army-IAF match, the armymen bounced back after being a goal down when Jagat Nachana found the target in the 8th minute.

For Army, Prathap Shinde and Vishwa Thakur scored in the 45th and 49th minutes.

IOC was ahead by 2-0 through goals from Affan Yousuf (15th) and Armaan Qureshi (45th) before Nithin Thimmaiah reduced the margin for BHA in the 52nd minute.

S K Uthappa with a goal in the 59th minute and Rahil Moshin with a strike in the final minute made it a comprehensive win.

(The above story is verified and authored by Press Trust of India (PTI) staff. PTI, India’s premier news agency, employs more than 400 journalists and 500 stringers to cover almost every district and small town in India.. The views appearing in the above post do not reflect the opinions of LatestLY)