Kolkata: Defending champions Indian Oil brightened their semifinal hopes with a 5-3 win over Hockey Bhopal in the quarterfinal league match of the 117th All-India Beighton Cup Hockey Tournament at SAI artificial turf here today.
Hockey Bhopal drew first blood with Mohammad Taj's 16th- minute goal but the last year's winners rode on double strikes by Gurjinder Singh (34th, 40th) to take a 2-1 lead.
Roshan Minz (52nd, 68th) and Gunashekhar (57th) completed the tally for Indian Oil, even as Hockey Bhopal showed some fight through Osafur Rahman (53rd) and Amir-ur-Rahman's efforts.
In another match, Army XI scored through Bhushan Kujur (20th), Muthanna P R (28th), Poovana B P (62nd) and Ignace Tirkey (69th) to thrash Indian Overseas Bank 4-1.
Indian Overseas Bank scored the solitary goal in the 65th minute through Adam Sinclair.