Hockey Patiala and Namdhari XI will face each other in the final of the fifth edition of Hockey India Senior Men National Championship 2015 Division B after registering 4-1 and 3-1 wins over Hockey Himachal and Chandigarh Olympic Association, here today.
In the first semifinal of the day, Hockey Patiala scored through Manjinder Singh (10th minute), Harwinder Singh (16th), Amritpal Singh (29th and Ajay Kumar (30th) to get the better of Himachal side, whose lone goal was scored by Hardeep Singh in the 47th minute via penalty stroke.
Later in the day, Gagandeep Singh struck twice (4th, 44th) for the winners while Kuldeep Singh (29th) scored the other to prevail over Chandigarh Olympic Association, whose only goal came from the sticks of Lovedeep Singh in the 52nd minute.
The title clash will be played tomorrow.
