Sandeep went low to the goalkeeper's right this time, but Manpreet Singh did a brilliant job of deflecting the ball out of the danger area to deny the 26-year-old full back.

Magicians resumed where they had left, earning another penalty corner in the first minute of the fourth quarter, as Faisal Saari was brought down inside the Rhinos' D. And once again, the push was not stopped properly, for the third time in this game by Magicians. Magicians earned their sixth penalty corner of the game just a minute later, due to some reckless defending by Rhinos. Chinglensana was the Magicians' player brought down this time. And once again, Sandeep's drag flick was deflected wide by a Rhinos defender. The deadlock was finally broken with nine minutes of play left. Vikas Choudary collected the ball from ahead of the half line, took the ball inside the Magicians D, and gave a majored pass to Nick Wilson. Wilson controlled the bouncing ball well, and struck a reverse hit past charging Magicians goalie Rao to put Rhinos 1-0 ahead. Magicians still had time to get two more penalty corners. In the absence of Sandeep, Jasrotia took the drag flick, and Cortes made a good save to maintain Rhinos' lead. Cortes was outstanding under the bar, making at least 10 saves. Ranchi coach Gregg Clark said that the team could have done much better in this match: "The game was alright but psychologically we were better than previous matches. We could have done better in this match. It doesn't matter who we will face in the semis, we just need to win the match to reach Final match."