Indian Railways defeated Army XI by 2-1 to win the title in the final match of the Obaidulla Khan Heritage Cup hockey tournament that concluded on Sunday.
The hard line match was played between Army Green and Indian Oil. In a very exciting match, both the teams were tied at 3-3. The game reached a penalty shootout. In the shoot-out, Army Green defeated Indian Oil 3–1 to earn third place in the competition.
Under the competition, the final match was played between Army XI and Indian Railways today. In this match, Indian Railways won the final by defeating Army XI 2-1. In the remaining time, both the teams could not score any goal and Indian Railways team won the final match 2-1.
A hard line match was played between Army Green and Indian Oil for the third and fourth place in the tournament. In the 9th minute of the first quarter of this match, Indian Oil player Raghunath VR. He scored from a penalty corner to give his team a 1-0 lead. The victory was decided by shoot out. In which Army Green defeated Indian Oil 3-1 to finish third. While Indian Oil had to be content with the fourth position.
Lokayukta Madhya Pradesh Naresh Kumar Gupta and Obaidullah Khan's family member Nadir Rashid distributed the prizes. On this occasion Director Sports Ravi Kumar Gupta and Lokayukta NK. Gupta's wife Manisha Gupta were specially present.
State Sports and Youth Welfare Minister Yashodhara Raje Scindia congratulated the winning teams. It is noteworthy that on the initiative of the Sports Minister, the Obaidullah Khan Heritage Cup hockey tournament was started after a long gap of four years.