Surjit Hockey Academy Jalandhar, Round Glass Academy Mohali set for title clash

The 19th All India Sardar Balwant Singh Kapur Memorial Hockey Tournament (Boys) will be played on December 14 with a title clash between Surjit Hockey Academy Jalandhar and Round Glass Hockey Academy Mohali. The final is scheduled to start at 2.00 pm.

Earlier in the day, the third-place playoff will see Odisha Naval Tata High Performance Center Bhubaneswar face Naval Tata Hockey Academy Jamshedpur at 11.30 am.

In the first semi-final played on Saturday, Surjit Hockey Academy Jalandhar defeated Odisha Naval Tata High Performance Center 4-3 to enter the final. Manroop Singh, Karan Singh, Mandeep Singh, Charanjit Singh scored 1-1 for the team from Surjit Academy. Vidyanand Singh scored one goal and Bilkan Oram scored two goals for Orissa team. Surjit Hockey Academy's Charanjit Singh was adjudged Man of the Match.

In the second semi-final match, Round Glass APK Academy Mohali defeated Naval Tata Hockey Academy Jamshedpur 5-2 to enter the final. On behalf of Round Glass Academy, German Singh scored a hat-trick while Virinder Singh, Inderjit Singh scored 1-1 each. German Singh, who scored a hat-trick, was selected as the man of the match. Amit and Tintus scored one goal each for the Naval Tata team.