Defending champion Indian Railways, Railway Sports Promotion Board (RSPB) defeated Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) 5-3 in the final to emerge as the 95th All-India MCC-Murugappa Gold Cup Hockey Tournament champion .

Railways, has been dominant throughout the tournament and in the summit clash, it was more so, as it didn’t allow IOC--comprising quite a few former Olympians and Internationals--to settle down.

IOC was outplayed from beginning to end. The moment Railways took a 4-2 lead in the third quarter, it was quite evident that IOC had a mountain to climb.

IOC did attack well on occasions but failed miserably in the final third. Moreover, the former champion, too, had eight penalty corners and converted just one.