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PNB Draws With Defending Champions At National Hockey Championship
Several government and institutional hockey teams played matches in Hyderabad.
The defending champions, Petroleum Sports Promotion Board, played Punjab National Bank.
Their match ended in a 4-4 tie.
Comptroller & Auditor General of India won a much closer match against Punjab & Sind Bank, 5-4.
Sports Authority of India won 5-0 against Central Reserve Police Force.
Railway Sports Promotion Board scored 12 goals against Tamil Nadu Police, which scored once.
Other winning teams included Central Board of Direct Taxes, Central Secretariat, All India Police Sports Control Board, and Food Corporation of India.
These games were part of the 6th Hockey India Senior Men Inter-Department National Championship.
Punjab National Bank held defending champions Petroleum Sports Promotion Board to a 4-4 draw in Hyderabad.
Last year’s runners-up Comptroller & Auditor General of India narrowly defeated Punjab & Sind Bank 5-4.
Sports Authority of India beat Central Reserve Police Force 5-0, while Railway Sports Promotion Board defeated Tamil Nadu Police 12-1.
Central Board of Direct Taxes defeated Services Sports Control Board 5-2, and Central Secretariat beat Sashastra Seema Bal 5-1.
All India Police Sports Control Board defeated Steel Plant Sports Board 4-0, while Food Corporation of India beat Central Industrial Security Force 4-0.
- Who
- Institutional men’s hockey teams, including Punjab National Bank, Petroleum Sports Promotion Board, Comptroller & Auditor General of India, and others.
- What
- Matches were played in the 6th Hockey India Senior Men Inter-Department National Championship.
- Where
- Gachibowli Hockey Stadium in Hyderabad.
- When
- Saturday, on the tournament’s second day; no calendar date was provided.
- Why
- The teams were competing in the national inter-department hockey championship.
Key facts
- Tournament
- 6th Hockey India Senior Men Inter-Department National Championship
- Venue
- Gachibowli Hockey Stadium, Hyderabad
- Featured result
- Petroleum Sports Promotion Board drew 4-4 with Punjab National Bank
- Closest result
- Comptroller & Auditor General of India defeated Punjab & Sind Bank 5-4
- Largest win
- Railway Sports Promotion Board defeated Tamil Nadu Police 12-1
- Shutout wins
- Sports Authority of India, All India Police Sports Control Board, and Food Corporation of India each kept clean sheets
- Tournament stage
- Second day of competition









