Bengaluru : , Dec 11, 2011: Dominant Punjab Police beat a determined ITBP Jalandhar 7-1 in the final match at the 70th All India Police Hockey Championships, which ended here Saturday.The match was halted by their star striker Ramandeep Singh who sustained an injury and had to be replaced.
However, Punjab Police continued to attack the game.
Punjab scored goals at regular intervals through Hardeep Singh (14′), Karanbir Singh (17′, 39′), Kanwarjeet Singh (20′), captain Dupinderdeep Singh (41′) and Jagmeet Singh (53′) and Balwinder Singh (55′).
A consolation goal was scored by Sunil Kijjur (27′) for ITBP Jalandhar.
In the women’s final, Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) secured a scintillating 3-1 victory against CRPF Delhi in a match between two equally matched teams.
While it was SSB who opened the scoreboard through Ranjita Minj (15′), CRPF fought back with a goal by Bharti Thakur (34′) to equalize.While the next few minutes remained tense, SSB won back the lead through goals by Maxima Ekka (44′) and Rajni Barla (45′).
They held strong in defence all through the last quarter as they held onto the 3-1 lead till the final hooter.
To end their run on the podium, Tamil Nadu Police won the bronze medal match against Karnataka State Police 6-0.Karnataka Police lost a tough semifinal match against ITBP Jalandhar yesterday.Today’s match saw them lose steam and fail to perform on par with the younger, more fitter Tamil Nadu team.Although the hosts were able to defend well for the first quarter, the attackers of TN scored a lot in the second and third quarters.M Vijay scored goals for TN (27′ 45′), B Arunachalam (334′ 47′), M Balamurugan (555′ 60′) <br/ Odisha Police won the bronze medal for women's category, beating Maharashtra State Police by 6-0.Odisha's captain RashmitaMinz (6'23', 37’, and 39') was a star for her team in this match.Pramita Tako (38'), Elin Lakra (56) also scored in the fine victory of Odisha Police.
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