Hockey
Punjab & Sind Bank maul Defence Accounts 13-1; PNB, CBDT & CISF post impressive wins
The bank teams from Punjab, who had given last year’s finalists a run for their money on Saturday, notched up impressive wins on Day 3 of the 6th Hockey India Senior Men Inter-Department National Championship 2026 at the Gachibowli Hockey Stadium in Hyderabad on Sunday.
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Jaskaran Singh hammered five goals and Araijeet Singh Hundal struck four as Punjab & Sind Bank mauled Defence Accounts Sports Control Board 13-1 in a Pool B match, while Punjab National Bank scored a 6-1 win over ITBP Central Hockey Team in a Pool A match.
Punjab National Bank scored a 6-1 win over ITBP Central Hockey Team
In other matches of the day, skipper Karthi S helped Central Board of Direct Taxes post a 3-1 win over Union Bank of India in Pool C and Central Industrial Security Force scored an 8-1 win over Canara Bank in a Pool D game.
Edwards-coached PSB brook no challenge
Punjab & Sind Bank, who are coached by Olympian Alloysius Edwards, swamped the rival fortress and scored at will. The hapless Defence Accounts players were more or less left rooted to their turf for much of the game as the swift bankers brooked no challenge.
Jaskaran Singh opened the scoring in the fourth minute of play, but Defence Accounts held fort and denied their rivals another goal in the first quarter. That was the best they could put up as they matched their rivals.
But, thereafter, there was no stopping the bankmen, who scored three goals in the second quarter to take a 4-0 lead going into the break.
Upon resumption, PSB continued to harass the rival defence and scored four goals. Defence Accounts finally got a goal in the 40th minute as Happy struck a field goal.
Central Industrial Security Force scored an 8-1 win over Canara Bank in a Pool D game. Pics: Mohd Hadi
But it only fueled PSB’s hunger as they struck five goals in the last quarter to finish with a 13-1 verdict in their favour.
PNB prove handful for ITBP
Punjab National Bank, who had held PSPB to a 4-4 draw in the previous game, proved quite a handful for ITBP Central Hockey Team. Gursimran Singh struck a hat-trick to give his team full points from the game.
Prikshit Panchal, Toshant and Naveen Antil were the other scorers for PNB, while Roshan scored a compensatory goal in the 42nd minute.
Skipper Karthi stars for CBDT
Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) came from behind to get past Union Bank of India in a match were all the goals were scored by players who wore the No.5 jersey.
Babu Venkati Metkar struck in the third minute of the game to put Canara Bank in the lead. The bankers then defended resolutely and denied CBDT a goal till the 41st minute.
Skipper Karthi S helped Central Board of Direct Taxes post a 3-1 win over Union Bank of India in Pool C
However, the hard-working CBDT skipper Karthi S managed to finally breach the rival fortress with a field goal. Two minutes later, Karthi struck off a penalty corner and then completed his hat-trick by converting a penalty stroke in the 47th minute.
CISF hammer Canara Bank 8-1
In a pool D clash, CISF came from behind to thrash Canara Bank 8-1.
Canara Bank began well with Aryan Uthappa scoring in the 3rd minute of the game. However, Govind Singh Bisht struck two minutes later to level the scores. Thereafter, it was CISF all the way as they struck at regular intervals to notch up a well-deserved victory.
Results: Pool A: Punjab National Bank 6 (Gursimran Singh 5th, 32nd, 40th; Prikshit Panchal 17th; Toshant 18th; Naveen Antil 53rd) beat ITBP Central Hockey Team 1 (Roshan 42nd).
Pool B: Punjab & Sind Bank 13 (Jaskaran Singh 4th, 35th, 47th, 51st, 59th; Sukhwinder Singh 16th, 38th; Yuvraj Singh 24th, 28th; Araijeet Singh Hundal 32nd, 34th, 53rd, 56th) beat Defence Accounts Sports Control Board 1 (Happy 40th).
Pool C: Central Board of Direct Taxes 3 (Karthi S 41st, 43rd, 47th) beat Union Bank of India 1 (Babu Venkati Metkar).
Pool D: Central Industrial Security Force 8 (Govind Singh Bisht 5th, 25th; Nithin 11th; Fahad Khan 22nd, 24th; Raman 27th; Mahakdeep Singh 49th; Vishaljit Singh 60th) beat Canara Bank 1 (Aryan Uthappa Mt 3rd).