Jalandhar, Oct 31, 2025 (Yes Punjab News)
The title match of the 42nd Indian Oil Servo Surjit Hockey Tournament between the teams of Indian Oil Mumbai and Indian Railway Delhi will be played at the Olympian Surjit Hockey Stadium, Jalandhar. In the semi-final matches played this evening, Indian Railway Delhi defeated Indian Navy Mumbai by a margin of 2-1 and Indian Oil Mumbai defeated Bharat Petroleum Mumbai by a margin of 2-1 to make it to the final. The Indian Railway Delhi team has reached the final for the fifth time, while Indian Oil Mumbai has reached the final for the 14th time.
The chief guest of the final match, Harpal Singh Cheema, Finance Minister of Punjab, will distribute the prizes to the teams. The winning team will be given a cash prize of Rs 5.51 lakh along with the winning trophy (sponsored by Gakhal Brothers USA) and the runner-up team will be given a cash prize of Rs 2.51 lakh along with the trophy. The best player of the tournament will be given a cash prize of Rs 1 lakh (sponsored by Tut Brothers). The final match will be played at 7 pm. While the colorful program will be organized before the final match at 5 pm. PTC Network will telecast the final match live while All India Radio will do live commentary of the match.
The first semi-final was played between Indian Railways Delhi and Indian Navy Mumbai. In the 13th minute of the game, Gursahibjit Singh of Indian Railways scored a field goal to make the score 1-0. In the 27th minute of the game, Ali Ahmed of Indian Railways scored a field goal to make the score 2-0. Indian Railways was leading 2-0 at half-time. In the 33rd minute of the third quarter of the game, Sunny Malik of Indian Navy scored a goal to make the score 1-2. As the score remained 2-1 till the end of the stipulated time, Indian Railways emerged as the winner and reached the final.
The second semi-final was played between last year’s winner Indian Oil Mumbai and last year’s runner-up Bharat Petroleum Mumbai. In the 17th minute of the game, Gurjinder Singh of Indian Oil converted a penalty corner into a goal to make the score 1-0. In the 22nd minute of the game, Japneet Singh of Bharat Petroleum converted a penalty corner into a goal to make the score 1-1. Both the teams were tied 1-1 at half-time. In the 53rd minute of the game, Talwinder Singh of Indian Oil scored a goal to make the score 2-1.
The chief guests of today’s matches, Mahinder Bhagat, Cabinet Minister, Punjab Government and Dhanpreet Kaur, IPS Commissioner, Jalandhar Police, introduced the teams.
On this occasion, Olympian Surinder Singh Sodhi, Deputy Commissioner Jalandhar Himashu Agarwal, Cam Gill (USA), Sanjay Kohli, Ranjit Singh Tut, Olympian Rajinder Singh Senior, Sudesh Kumar Former DGP Kerala Police, Lakhwinder Pal Singh Khaira, Iqbal Singh Sandhu, Surinder Singh Bhapa, Gurwinder Singh Gullu, Ram Pratap, Professor Kirpal Singh Matharu, LR Nayyar, Kulwinder Thiara, Nitan Mahajan (Alpha), Balwinder Singh, Karandeep Singh, Daljit Singh IRS, Gundeep Singh Kapoor, Jatin Mahajan (Alpha) Atam Prakash Bablu, Sukhwinder Singh Chohla, Varinderpreet Singh, Avtar Singh, Surinder Singh, Gaurav Agarwal, Baljit Singh Olympian Surjit Singh’s elder brother, Harinder Sangha, Gurinder Sangha, Ranbir Tut, Narinder Pal Singh Judge, Natha Singh Gakhal, Gaurav Mahajan were specially present.
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