New Delhi: PNB beat Air India by 2-0, while Namdhari XI crushed IOC to 3-0 to enter into the finals  of 27th Lal Bahadur Shastri Hockey Tournament being played at Shivaji Stadium in New Delhi, on Saturday.

Bhagat Singh gave PNB 1-0 lead in the 21st minute through a penalty corner. Going into the second half, PNB were leading at 1-0. Dhamandeep scored the second goal for PNB in the 50^th minute.

The defenders of PNB played an exceptionally well to keep forwards of Air India struggling. Vanmali of PNB was adjudged as the man-of-the-match.

In the other semi-final, Namdhari XI crushed IOC 3-0 to enter into the final. Namdharis scored goals at the regular intervals. The Namdhari defenders played exceptionally well and thwarted IOC forwards from scoring a goal.

Namdhari XI scored their first goal through Tarandeep Singh in the 22^nd minute. Gagandeep Singh converted a penalty stroke in the 42^nd minute, while Prince scored the third goal in the 68^th minute through a field goal.

Jaswant Singh of Namdhari XI was adjudged man of the match.