Punjab and Uttar Pradesh set for the title clash of the Alchemist IHF Federation Cup 2013
New Delhi, July 27, 2013:
Punjab will take on Uttar Pradesh in the final of the Alchemist IHF
Federation Cup 2013 here at the Shivaji Stadium tomorrow. Punjab got the
better of Tamil Nadu, whereas Uttar Pradesh defeated Karnataka in the
semi finals today to set up the final clash.
In the first semi final Uttar Pradesh rode on a hattrick by vice captain
Diwakar Ram to beat Kartnataka 5-2. Sarabjit Singh and Sunny Sonkar
were the other two goal scorers for UP. For Karnataka, Kushal J P scored
the first goal in the 11th minute to give Karnataka an early lead. The
other and the last goal of the game came at the 65th minute from Umesh K
R.
In the other semi final Punjab beat Tamil Nadu 5-1 to make it to the
final. Tamil Nadu went ahead in the fourth minute with a goal from Adam
Sinclair. But from hereon it was all Punjab. Parvinder Singh scored in
the 9th and the 70th minute, Sendhil Kumar found the net twice in the
43rd and 58th minute. Rajin Kandulna was the other scorer for Punjab.
The final will take place at the Shivaji Stadium tomorrow at 3.45 pm.
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