Hockey
PSPB, CAG begin their campaign on a rousing note; SAI hammer Defence SCB 20-1
Defending champions Petroleum Sports Promotion Board (PSPB), as expected, cruised to a comfortable 7-1 win over Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) in their opening encounter of the 6th Hockey India Senior Men Inter-Department National Championship 2026 at the Gachibowli hockey stadium in Hyderabad on Friday.
Skipper Devinder Walmiki opened the scoring for PSPB in the fourth minute of play but thereafter PSPB were unable to breach the rival citadel.
However, things turned brighter for PSPB in the second quarter as Devinder struck in the 20th minute through another penalty corner.
Then Gurjot Singh scored a brace in the 22nd and 29th minutes to help PSPB go into the break with a 4-0 lead.
Petroleum Sports Promotion Board (PSPB) scored a 7-1 win over Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) in the 6th Hockey India Senior Men Inter-Department National Championship 2026 at the Gachibowli hockey stadium in Hyderabad on Friday. Pics: Mohd Hadi
Upon resumption, SSB reduced the margin in the 37th minute through the stick of Praveen Chauhan who converted a penalty corner.
Varun Kumar struck in the 41st minute through another penalty corner and Om Rajnesh Saini made it 6-1 in the 50th minute. Varun Kumar completed the rout in the 54th minute.
Defending champions PSPB look to extend reign at 6th HI Sr Men Inter-Dept tourney
Last year’s runners-up Comptroller & Auditor General of India (CAG) began their campaign on a rousing note as they defeated Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) 4-1.
After a barren first quarter, CAG upped the ante and struck immediately in the second quarter. Skipper Parmod converted a penalty corner to give his side a 1-0 lead.
But just two minutes later, CRPF struck to level the scores. Lovejeet Singh sounded the board to bring cheer to his camp. However, that was the only bright moment for CRPF as CAG took control of the proceedings after the break.
CAG’s Thrishul Ganapathi H struck twice in the third quarter to wrest the initiative. Ganapathi converted a penalty corner in the 41st minute and four minutes later made it 3-1 in favour of his team through another penalty conversion.
Comptroller & Auditor General of India (CAG) defeated Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) 4-1
Tiras K then sealed the issue in the 55th minute as CAG came through the test with flying colours with a 4-1 verdict in their favour.
Sports Authority of India (SAI) hammered Defence Sports Control Board 20-1 as they feasted on their hapless rival.
In what was a dominating performance, SAI got off the blocks in the second minute itself as skipper Vikas sounded the board via a penalty corner.
Thereafter, it was SAI all the way as their rivals were left rooted to the turf. Nitesh Sharma got five goals, while Akash Pal got three. Vikas and Sachin Dungdung got a brace each.
Ritik Kujur struck a hat-trick and Boby Singh Dhami scored a brace as Food Corporation of India thumped Tamil Nadu Police 7-0.
Services Sports Control Board scored a 6-3 win over Steel Plant Sports Board in a keenly contested affair.
Ritik Kujur struck a hat-trick and Boby Singh Dhami scored a brace as Food Corporation of India thumped Tamil Nadu Police 7-0
Railway Sports Promotion Board scored an emphatic 5-1 win over Canara Bank with Amandeep Lakra getting a brace to lead the Railways onslaught.
All India Police Sports Control Board scored a 3-1 win over Union Bank of India and Central Secretariat were 3-0 winners over ITBP Central Hockey Team
Results: Comptroller & Auditor General of India (CAG) 4 (Parmod 18th; Thrishul Ganapathi H 41st & 45th; Tiras K 55th) beat Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) 1 (Lovejeet Singh 20th).
SAI 20 (Nitesh Sharma 5, Akash Pal 3, Vikas 2, Sachin Dungdung 2, Lakra Sunit 1, Sunil 1, Deepak Singh Fartyal 1, Triloki Venvanshi 2, Vishal Pandey 1, Manish Kumar 1, Shivam Patel 1) beat Defence 1 (Rahul 50th).
PSPB 7 (Devinder Walmiki 4th, 20th; Gurjot Singh 22nd, 29th; Varun Kumar 41st, 54th; Om Rajnesh Saini 50th) beat SSB 1 (Praveen Chauhan 37th).
Central Secretariat 3 (Bharath Mahalingappa Kurtakoti 9th, 52nd; Paulus Lakra 55th) beat ITBP Central Hockey Team 0.
Services Sports Control Board (SSCB) 6 (Yogesh Singh 9th, Atish Dodrai 21st, Akshay Dubey 26th, Kanagaraj Selvaraj 45th, Amrit Tirkey 54th, Ritendra Pratap Singh 58th) beat Steel Plant Sports Board 3 (Minz Lelsan 3rd, Amrit Horo 48th, Mohit Nayak 60th).
All India Police Sports Control Board 3 (Dharamvir Singh 45th, Lalit Kumar Upadhyay 46th, Varinder Singh 49th) beat Union Bank of India 1 (Mohammad Zameer 6th).
Food Corporation of India (FCI) 7 (Boby Singh Dhami 29th, 33rd; Navraj Singh 30th; Ritik Kujur 39th, 41st, 44th; Paramvir Singh 47th) beat Tamil Nadu Police 0.
Railway Sports Promotion Board (RSPB) 5 (Amandeep Lakra 15th, 54th; Rohit Rohit 28th; Sheshe Gowda BM 39th; Lovepreet Singh 46th) beat Canara Bank 1 (KR Gaurav Ganapathy (54th).