Exhibiting an impressive performance at Rajmata Vijayaraje Scindia Women's Hockey Cup tournament Madhya Pradesh Women’s Hockey Team and Indian Railways team made a place in the finals.
Being played at Major Dhyanchand Hockey Stadium the semi-finals were played on Friday. At the semi-finals Madhya Pradesh Women’s Hockey and Indian Railways won. Now the final match will be played between the two teams. Besides, next match will be played between Sonepat Hockey Academy and BORL Bina, teams that bagged third and fourth place.
Indian Railways defeated Sonepat Hockey Academy Haryana by 2-1 goals. In the interval the Indian Railways were ahead of 1-0. In the 23rd minute of the match, Indian Railways player Anupa Barla scored the first goal with a penalty corner and made the winning start of the team.
In the 49th minute Manav Kaur scored a goal and in the 49th minute with a penalty corner to give the team with 2-0 goals. In the second semi-final match of the tournament, the MP Women's Hockey Academy defeated India Oman Refinery Limited Bina by 1-0 in the match. The Madhya Pradesh Hockey Academy, which is performing well since the first match, scored a penalty corner in the second minute of the match to score a 1-0 lead. Rakhi Prajapati, the player of the Academy on the penalty corner, scored this goal. After this both teams played aggressively. However, there was no other goal till the interval. In the second half, both teams tried to score goals by giving small passes, but both teams did not get the breakthrough. By 1-0, the Madhya Pradesh Hockey Academy got their name changed.