Pune, Mar 16 (PTI) Veer Bahadur Singh Purvanchal University, Jaunpur and Savitribai Phule University secured semifinal berths in the Nehru All-India Inter-University Hockey Tournament here.

Savitribai Phule University rode on Taleb Shah's 30th minute goal to end Bangalore University's dominating run in the Inter-Zonal Finals.

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VBSP Jaunpur on the other hand had to overcome last year's semi-finalists Bangalore City University 3-2 in the shootout after a two-all regulation time stalemate.

In the shootout, Suraj Shahi, Vejendra Singh, Uttam Singh scored for VBSP University, while Ganesh Majji and Mutagar Haresh scored for Bangalore City.

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Bangalore City drew first blood through Gokavi Vasanth Kumar's counter-attacking 18th minute strike.

VBSP snatched a 2-1 lead with goals from Manish Sahani (26th) and Vejendra Singh (52nd).

But Haresh Mutagar (57th) made it 2-2 to force a shootout.

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