Aga Khan: RCF pip Central Rly 6-5

Rail Coach Factory (RCF), Kapurthala fought back from the brink of defeat to edge out local outfit Central Railway 6-5 via sudden death in a pre-quarter-final match of the Aga Khan hockey tournamentu00a0 2011, at the Bombay Gymkhana ground yesterday. The exciting and fast paced match ended 3-3 at the end of full time and 5-5 in the tie-breaker.


Central Railway and RCF (orange) players battleu00a0during yesterday's
pre-quarter-final match of the Aga Khan hockey tournament at Bombay
Gymkhana.

The Kapurthala after having squandered a 2-0 first half lead, found themselves in arrears, trailing 2-3 with just a few minutes remaining. But, during the final moments they came up with a last ditch effort and earned a crucial penalty corner seconds before the final whistle. This was followed by three more short corner in succession and they found success with the fourth one when Gurwinder's hit took a deflection of a defenders stick and trickled into the goal.

This proved to be a lifeline for the Punjab side and they did not let the opportunity slip off as they held their nerves in the penalty strokes duel to emerge winners.