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The Hindu
The Hindu
Sport
K. Keerthivasan

Hockey | Indian Railways will be the team to beat; Army-Karnataka match promises a lot

Gleaning the performance from the group (A &B) matches, one might come to a conclusion that Indian Railways would be the team to beat when the semifinals of the 94th MCC-Murugappa Gold Cup All-India hockey tournament begin here on September 2.

Yes, the former champion has played really well, not losing a match in its group (A). Also, Railways has scored the most number of goals (18) of the four teams.

But in a knock-out, anything is possible. One bad day, and the team is out. Defending champion IOC found out the hard way the other day.

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