In the shootout, CTC’s Aditya Walmiki, Kabre and Gavin Rao successfully converted their attempts. For UBSC, only Naik managed to score
Team CTC with the BK Mohite Memorial winner’s trophy presented by chief guest Dhanraj Pillay (top row, 7th from right) at Churchgate
Champions Training Centre (CTC) emerged victorious in a thrilling final to clinch the inaugural Balram Krishna Mohite Memoria hockey title, defeating United Bandra Sports Club (UBSC) 5-3 via tie-breaker at the Mumbai Hockey Association Ltd ground in Churchgate on Saturday.
UBSC made a strong start and broke the deadlock in the 16th minute through forward Pranit Naik, who converted a well-worked penalty corner with a precise low strike into the bottom right corner.
In the second half, CTC emerged with renewed energy and found the equaliser in the 30th minute. Pratham Deshmukh converted a penalty corner, beating UBSC custodian Gajendra Chauhan. Building on the momentum, CTC took the lead 10 minutes later when Aditya Kabre produced a fine reverse hit from the right to make it 2-1.
With time running out, UBSC showed great fighting spirit. In the last few minutes of regulation time, Maurya Kumar (48th minute) converted a penalty corner to level the scores at 2-2 and enforce a tie-breaker.
In the shootout, CTC’s Aditya Walmiki, Kabre and Gavin Rao successfully converted their attempts. For UBSC, only Naik managed to score.
Earlier, in the third-place playoff, Republican Sports Club beat Artic Boys 2-0 with Ambika Singh and Danroy Fonseca scoring a goal each.
India hockey legend Dhanraj Pillay was the chief guest and gave away the prizes.
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