Bombay Gold Cup: Air India to meet Indian Oil in final

Star-studded Indian Oil and Air India would meet in the final of the 48th Bombay Gold Cup Hockey Tournament here tomorrow.
In the semifinals today, IOL overwhelmed local super league champions Western Railway 7-1 while AI rallied to edge out Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited 3-2 after trailing 1-2 in the first half.
Indian Oil rode roughshod over the local railmen in the first semifinal and took a commanding 4-0 lead before Western found their mark for the first and only time in the game.
The oilmen, with a plethora of current and past India players in their ranks, led 3-0 at the half way stage.

Ebullient striker Prabhjot Singh scored two late goals for Indian Oil while fullback V Raghunath also scored a brace of penalty corner goals.
Their other goal getters were S V Sunil, Roshan Minz and Dharamveer Singh - all in the first half of play.

Amit Gowda got the sole goal for the losers.
The second semi final between AI and BPCL was a hard-fought affair in contrast to the first and the airmen prevailed when ex-international Samir Dad scored the match-winner in the 60th minute.
Arjun Halappa got the first two goals for the airmen, including the equaliser in the 41st minute, while Hari Prasad (17th minute) and Gurpreet Singh (34th) got into the scorers' sheet for BPCL.