Tegh Bahadur Gold Cup hockey: Vikas Choudhary's hat-trick as Hockey Bhopal defeats WR 6-1

Vikas Choudhary scored a hat-trick to lead Hockey Bhopal to a 6-1 win over Western Railway in the 14th Tegh Bahadur Gold Cup hockey tournament here Monday. Hockey Bhopal scored five goals in the second period after leading 1-0 at the break in the group B clash.

Manish Sharma, Taj Khan and Shakir Hussain were the other scorers for the Bhopal outfit. Local outfit Western Railway got a late consolation goal through Darshan Gawkar, two minutes from the hooter. This was the first win for the Bhopal side, who had lost to Indian Navy 2-5 Sunday.