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Hockey
By Our Special Correspondent
Earlier, in another Pool A quarterfinal league match, Punjab Police overcame a second half fightback by Mumbai Customs before winning 3-2. The Bombay Gold Cup champion, Air-India appeared in control in the quarterfinal league game against in-form Western Railway, after taking the lead in the first half till umpire R. Shelar awarded a controversial goal against it with just over 15 minutes of play remaining. Though getting agitated at the decision and manager Peter Saldanha shown a red card, the Mumbai side scored again to ensure three valuable points and a place in the top two in the pool with six points from two matches. Even in its moment of triumph, after getting the match-winner through Kishore Kumar, Air-India trooped out of the Bombay Gymkhana ground with bitter feelings. Manager Saldanha, shown the red card for vehemently expressing displeasure at umpire Shelar's mistake of first awarding a short corner and then applying the advantage rule to credit Western's Mukhtiar Singh with a goal, was sent off by judge Claudius de Sales after continuing his tirade against the match officials. Western Railway, now dependent on Air-India defeating Punjab Police in the concluding league fixture to smoothen its entry into the next phase, looked a bit fatigued. Not only was it unable to reproduce the attacking flair of the earlier contests but also allowed AI to gain hold of the midfield. The Western raids too floundered against a solid AI defensive wall where ex-international Anil Aldrin, Nitin Kumar and Tarius Kullu excelled. Earlier, Punjab Police, attacking from the start, scored thrice in the first half, Jaskaran Singh (eighth) hitting a fierce shot from a penalty corner, Gurmeet Singh (20th) scoring with a deflection. Goalkeeper Anson Thomas was carried off for breathing problem and makeshift 'keeper Mujeeb Qazi took over. Action shifted to the other end as Punjab Police goalkeeper Ashok Kumar was beaten by Elton Gonsalves (58th) and John Fernandes (59th) from the penalty spot. Wednesday's matches: ONGC vs CRPF; BPCL vs Indian Airlines (Pool B quarterfinal league).
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