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Riding on a brilliant performance by custodian Gajendra Chauhan, United Bandra Sports Club (UBSC) defeated Republicans Sports Club (RSC) 5-2 via the tie-breaker to book their place in the final of the inaugural Balram Krishna Mohite Memorial hockey tournament at the Mumbai Hockey Association Ltd ground in Churchgate on Friday.
Goalkeeper Chauhan proved to be the difference early in the match, making two crucial saves to deny Vivek Panchal twice in the opening nine minutes. Pranit Naik put UBSC ahead in the 11th minute off a counter-attack. After the break, RSC fought back, and Kevin Wala found the equaliser in the 40th. In the shootout, UBSC scored through Pranit, Christopher Van, Anurag Gupta and Brwendra while RSC only managed to score through Kevin as UBSC custodian Gajendra made decisive saves.
In the other semi-final, Champions Training Centre (CTC) beat Arctic Boys 4-0. Pratham Deshmukh and Gavin Rao scored a brace each for CTC. UBSC will face CTC in the final on Saturday, March 28, at 4:30 pm.
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