Sher-e-Jalandhar win Romesh hockey title

Jalandhar, Dec 24 (UNI) Sher-e-Jalandhar won the ninth Romesh Chander Memorial Hockey Tournament here today, defeating Punjab Police 2-1 in a well fought final which was stretched into extra time.

Both teams playing with several international stars were evenly matched and displayed good skills. While the combination of Olympians Gagan Ajit Singh, Baljit Dhillon and Baljit Saini exhibited good team work for the winners, drag flicker Jugraj Singh and Gagandeep Singh also played well for the police team Amid attacks and counter attacks, Punjab Police's Jugraj singh got the first opportunity to score on a penalty corner shortly before the half time and he made no mistake to put the cops 1-0 ahead.

In the second half, Sher-e-Jalandhar also earned a penalty corner in 58th minute and Olympian Baljit Singh Dhillon also availed the opportunity to draw level (1-1) with his flawless conversion.

With both teams level at 1-1 after the scheduled time, the game went into extra time.

The golden goal in the match came in the fifth minute of the extra time through Olympian Gaganajit Singh's stick. Gaganajit interecepted a pass from Baljit Singh Saini and made no mistake in guiding the ball into the goal.

Besides the trophy, the winning team also got Rs one lakh cash while the runners up team got a cash prize of Rs 50,000. Jugraj was declared the best player of the tournament and received Rs 10,000.

Addditional Director General of Police, Rajan Gupta and Punjab Kesari(Delhi) Editor Ashwani Minna gave away the trophies and prizes.

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